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(Created page with "== Early Life and Education == Leo Szilard was born on February 11, 1898, in Budapest, Hungary, to a Jewish family. His father, Louis Spitz, was a civil engineer, and his mother, Tekla Vidor, was a homemaker. Szilard showed an early aptitude for science and mathematics, which led him to pursue engineering studies at the Budapest University of Technology. However, his education was interrupted by World War I, during whi...") |
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In 1934, Szilard filed a patent for the nuclear chain reaction, which he assigned to the British Admiralty to ensure its secrecy. He continued to work on nuclear fission and collaborated with [[Enrico Fermi]] at the [[University of Chicago]] to build the first nuclear reactor, known as the [[Chicago Pile-1]]. This reactor achieved the first controlled nuclear chain reaction on December 2, 1942. | In 1934, Szilard filed a patent for the nuclear chain reaction, which he assigned to the British Admiralty to ensure its secrecy. He continued to work on nuclear fission and collaborated with [[Enrico Fermi]] at the [[University of Chicago]] to build the first nuclear reactor, known as the [[Chicago Pile-1]]. This reactor achieved the first controlled nuclear chain reaction on December 2, 1942. | ||
[[Image:Detail-91807.jpg|thumb|center|Illustration of the Chicago Pile-1 nuclear reactor, showing the graphite blocks and uranium fuel rods.|class=only_on_mobile]] | |||
[[Image:Detail-91808.jpg|thumb|center|Illustration of the Chicago Pile-1 nuclear reactor, showing the graphite blocks and uranium fuel rods.|class=only_on_desktop]] | |||
=== Manhattan Project === | === Manhattan Project === | ||