Leo Szilard

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Leo_Szilard

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:inventor gptkb:physicist gptkb:writer
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:Budapest_University_of_Technology_and_Economics gptkb:Technical_University_of_Berlin
gptkbp:award	gptkb:Atoms_for_Peace_Award
gptkbp:birthDate	1898-02-11
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Budapest,_Austria-Hungary
gptkbp:citizenship	gptkb:Hungary gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:collaboratedWith	gptkb:Albert_Einstein gptkb:Edward_Teller gptkb:Enrico_Fermi
gptkbp:deathDate	1964-05-30
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:La_Jolla,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:emigratedTo	gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:employer	gptkb:Columbia_University gptkb:Institute_for_Advanced_Study gptkb:St._Bartholomew's_Hospital gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:field	biophysics nuclear physics physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Leo Szilard
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Edward_Teller gptkb:Freeman_Dyson gptkb:Manhattan_Project_scientists
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Albert_Einstein gptkb:Max_Planck gptkb:Max_von_Laue
gptkbp:knownFor	collaborating with Albert Einstein conceiving the nuclear chain reaction initiating the Manhattan Project
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Federation_of_American_Scientists gptkb:Manhattan_Project
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:American Hungarian
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:Einstein–Szilard_letter gptkb:Szilard_engine gptkb:Szilard_petition nuclear chain reaction
gptkbp:patent	refrigerator with Einstein
gptkbp:petitioner	against use of atomic bomb on Japan
gptkbp:proposedBy	gptkb:Einstein–Szilard_letter nuclear chain reaction
gptkbp:religion	Jewish
gptkbp:residesIn	gptkb:Germany gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Trude_Weiss
gptkbp:wrote	gptkb:The_Voice_of_the_Dolphins Fictional works and essays
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gptkbp:bfsLayer	2