Leó Szilárd

Leó Szilárd (February 11, 1898 – May 30, 1964) was a Jewish Hungarian-American physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project. He was born in Budapest and died in La Jolla, California.

After the war

In 1947, Szilard changed fields from physics to molecular biology, working extensively with Aaron Novick. He proposed, in February of 1950, a new kind of nuclear weapon using cobalt as a tamper, a cobalt bomb, which he said might wipe out all life on the planet. He spent his last years as a fellow at the Salk Institute in San Diego. The impact crater Szilárd on the lunar farside is named for him.

Related Topics:
1947 - Aaron Novick - Cobalt - Cobalt bomb - Salk Institute - San Diego - Impact crater - Szilárd - Lunar farside

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