Szilard

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Szilard (plural Szilards)

A surname from Hungarian.

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After Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany in 1933, Szilard urged his family and friends to flee Europe while they still could. Source: Internet

As such, it established Szilard as one of the founders of information theory, but he did not publish it until 1929, and did not pursue it further. Source: Internet

He drafted the Szilard petition advocating a demonstration of the atomic bomb, but the Interim Committee chose to use them against cities without warning. Source: Internet

Foreseeing another war in Europe, Szilard moved to the United States in 1938, where he worked with Enrico Fermi and Walter Zinn on means of creating a nuclear chain reaction. Source: Internet

In 1946, Szilard secured a research professorship at the University of Chicago that allowed him to dabble in biology and the social sciences. Source: Internet

In addition to the nuclear reactor, Szilard submitted patent applications for a linear accelerator in 1928, and a cyclotron in 1929. Source: Internet

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