Definition of Szilard

1. Noun. United States physicist and molecular biologist who helped develop the first atom bomb and later opposed the use of all nuclear weapons (1898-1964).

Exact synonyms: Leo Szilard
Generic synonyms: Molecular Biologist, Nuclear Physicist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Szilard

Syrrhaptes paradoxus
SysRq
Systeme International
Systeme International d'Unites
Syzygium
Syzygium aromaticum
Szczecin
Szczedrzyk
Szechuan
Szechuan pepper
Szechwan
Szechwan province
Szeged
Szell
Szent-Gyorgyi
Szilard (current term)
Szlachta
Sánchez
São Luis
São Tomé
São Toméan
Sãotomense
Sèkèrè
Ségou
Sûreté
Sûreté du Québec
T
T&A
T&G
T'ien-ching

Literary usage of Szilard

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Paradoxes of Free Will by Gunther Siegmund Stent (2002)
"Szilard himself was no stranger to the management ot human affairs. In 1939, he had counseled Einstein to write the letter to President Roosevelt that ..."

2. The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bombby F. G. Gosling by F. G. Gosling (1999)
"Szilard was among the most vocal of those advocating a program to develop ... Those like Szilard and fellow Hungarian refugee physicists Edward Teller and ..."

3. The Never-ceasing Search by Francis Otto Schmitt (1990)
"Leo Szilard, the Hungarian-born brilliant, yet esoteric, nuclear physicist, played a large role in the development of nuclear energy in the United States. ..."

4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"B. Szilard. il. Sel. Am. S. 78: 309-10. N. 14, '14. Electromotive force. Permanent electric current without electromotive force; discovery of Prof. ..."

5. Paradoxes of Free Will by Gunther Siegmund Stent (2002)
"Szilard himself was no stranger to the management ot human affairs. In 1939, he had counseled Einstein to write the letter to President Roosevelt that ..."

6. The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bombby F. G. Gosling by F. G. Gosling (1999)
"Szilard was among the most vocal of those advocating a program to develop ... Those like Szilard and fellow Hungarian refugee physicists Edward Teller and ..."

7. The Never-ceasing Search by Francis Otto Schmitt (1990)
"Leo Szilard, the Hungarian-born brilliant, yet esoteric, nuclear physicist, played a large role in the development of nuclear energy in the United States. ..."

8. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"B. Szilard. il. Sel. Am. S. 78: 309-10. N. 14, '14. Electromotive force. Permanent electric current without electromotive force; discovery of Prof. ..."

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