Szilard

American  

[sil-ahrd] / ˈsɪl ɑrd /

noun

1. Leo, 1898–1964, U.S. physicist, born in Hungary.

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Szilard British  

/ ˈsɪlɑːd /

noun

1. Leo. 1898–1964, US physicist, born in Hungary, who originated the idea of a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction (1934). He worked on the atomic bomb during World War II but later pressed for the international control of nuclear weapons

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Szilard Scientific  

/ zĭl′ərd /

1. Hungarian-born American physicist who introduced the concept of the nuclear chain reaction. With Enrico Fermi, he built the world's first nuclear reactor. Szilard was instrumental in the development of the atomic bomb.

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Szilard emphasized that the atomic bomb wasn’t just a more powerful weapon but a fundamental transformation in the nature of warfare, an instrument of annihilation.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2025

Szilard Demeter, the director of the Petofi Literary Museum, said that "inhumane dictatorships will still be inhumane and dictatorships, even if someone starts to portray them in a positive light."

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2023

Hans Bethe, Neils Bohr, J. Robert Oppenheimer and Leo Szilard all contributed to this book and it was the first major publication that said we are in the atomic age.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 24, 2023

Instead, Szilard drafted a letter to President Franklin Roosevelt and got Albert Einstein to sign it.

From Slate ● May 9, 2023

“Chances for reaction now above 50%,” Szilard wired a friend.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik