A Timely Repost: Do You Know Why Albert Einstein Left The Berlin Academy of Sciences ???

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35. About Einstein:

If i am remembering the particulars of various TV biographies of Einstein, he left the world of weapons' work on account of the blood thirst he saw in other pro-Germany scientists, before and during WWI. So his opinion of weaponry was definitely formed by the late Nineteen Teens.

He was particularly horrified by the fact that during The Great War, one or two major German scientists were eager to have toxic gas used to kill of entire battalions of the "enemy."

However, despite his hatred of working on weaponry, I believe that years later, when he left Europe for the USA, he knew his work would end up being used for the Manhattan project. I don't know if he did or didn't directly participate in the Manhattan project.

The belief among scientists in the world community is that if the Allies didn't get the bomb made, then Germany would!

I do know after the bombs were exploded on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, that he commented "I wish I had been a plumber."

If I have any of this wrong, let me know. (Nyquill has been a major part of my diet these past three days.)