
Oct 22, 2021 • 22M
Episode 6: The Einstein-Szilárd Letter
The official podcast of the Privatdozent newsletter. Audio versions of popular essays, read to you by Steve King.
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This episode of The Privatdozent Podcast is based on the June 7th 2021 newsletter 'The Einstein-Szilárd Letter'. Read by Steve King, the episode is about the period from the discovery of the nuclear fission in January of 1939 to the writing of the so-called Einstein-Szilárd letter for Frankling D. Roosevelt in July.
Chapters: Welcome (00:00), Leo Szilárd’s Role (01:11), Einstein’s Role (12:26), The Letter (12:40), The Einstein-Szilárd Letter (17:59)