Definition of Leo 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: Szilard
Generic synonyms: Molecular Biologist, Nuclear Physicist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leo Szilard

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Leo Szilard (current term)
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Leon Battista Alberti
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Literary usage of Leo 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)
"... Húngaro-American physicist (and sometime molecular biologist) Leo Szilard ( 1961 ). Szilard himself was no stranger to the management ot human affairs. ..."

2. 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 ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... offshoot of some dinner meetings sponsored in the past by the Council for a Livable World, the arms-control group founded by the physicist Leo Szilard. ..."

4. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War by Fredric Solomon (1986)
"... Union Editor's Citation, the H. Julian Allen Award, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Service Award, and the Leo Szilard Award. ..."

5. The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bombby F. G. Gosling by F. G. Gosling (1999)
"Einstein drafted his famous letter with the help of the Hungarian emigre physicist Leo Szilard, one of a number of European scientists who had fled to the ..."

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