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One technology he never went into, although popular myth suggests otherwise, is nuclear fission.
The equation E=mc2 proposes the enormous energetic potential of matter, but only in the most general way.
Einstein's scientific biographer wrote that "to say that this made possible the construction of nuclear weapons is like saying that the invention of the alphabet caused the Bible to be written".
Enjoyable article about Einstein .. he was in same university as I was .. Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule , Zürich
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Rereading Einstein's collected papers
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