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The sheet of the founder of modern theoretical physics Albert Einstein before the 32nd President of the United States Franklin Roosevelt (1933-1945) went under the hammer at Christie's auction for $3.992 million. on the website of the auction house.
The estimated value of the document was $4-6 million.
In the sheet dated 2 September 1939, the physicist describes the work of the Nazi Germany on the nuclear program and determines the omissions what This scientific research could lead to the creation of a nuclear bomb. A message from Einstein in the original version to the American President.
A sheet of letters on the machine for two examples. The text was dictated by Albert Einstein in German, and then translated into English by the Ugric physicist Leo Szilard.
Silard himself, together with his colleagues Eugene Wigner and Edward Teller, attacked Einstein with complaints about the possible nuclear threat from the side of Nazi Germany.
Silard added to Einstein’s brutality, and also expanded the version This sheet was sent to Roosevelt, Since 1945, it has been preserved by a library named Franklin Roosevelt in New York.
A short version of the message, signed by Einstein and preserved by Selard, is in his hands collector, the remaining owner of the sheet was Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who died in 2018.
The first version, sent to the American President, has been preserved since 1945 in the Presidential Library and Ruz Museum Elta to New York. Another short one, signed by Einstein, was in the private collection of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allon. The decision to put the lot up for auction at Christie's was announced at the beginning of 2024.
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Prepared by: Serhiy Daga