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Einstein's Brain

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Einstein's Brain

Gifted genius, Newtonian spoiler,
Physicist and Nobel Prize winner;
Pacifist whose formula and theory
On energy and quantum mechanics;

Advances the scientific community,
In development of nuclear weaponry,
By unraveling the atomic enigma,
Leading to the bombing of Hiroshima.

In letters to FDR Einstein expounds,
Possible German research of atomic bombs.
This convinces the USA to initiate,
The Manhattan Project nuclear weapon’s race.

Somewhere in his meditative thinking,
Einstein’s life has no destiny, only being.
His preserved brain is dissected and analyzed,
And reported as human with no hidden secrets.
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Notes:
1) Albert Einstein (1879-1955): Albert Einstein was a world renowned theoretical physicist known for his theory on General Relativity and mass energy equivalence (E=mc2).

2) Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) 1882-1945): Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States of America from 1933 to 1945.

3) Einstein’s letter to FDR: On August 12, 1939, a letter drafted by Leó Szilárd and signed by Albert Einstein, was addressed and sent to FDR (the president of the U.S.A.). The letter warned the United States of America of possible German research and development of an atomic bomb. It further went on to urge the U.S.A. to do the same, and develop an atomic bomb before Nazi Germany. This prompted President Roosevelt to take action which would eventually begin the ‘Manhattan Project.’

4) Manhattan Project: The ‘Manhattan project’ was the code name for the World War 2 secretive undertaking by the U.S.A. (with Great Britain and Canadian consent and contribution) to develop and produce the world’s first atomic weapon. On July 16, 1945, the first atomic bomb was detonated at the Alamogordo, New Mexico test-facility in the United States.

5) Albert Einstein quotes:
i) “Had I known that the Germans would not succeed in producing an atomic bomb, I would have never lifted a finger.”
ii) “There is neither evolution nor destiny, only being.”

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