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Birth
Leo Szilard was born in Austri Hungary in 2/11/1898. -
Going to College
He followed his fathers footstep's and became a civil engineer student at Technical University in Budapest. -
Joining the War
After being in college for only one year, Leo Szilard joined Austro-Hungarian Army. -
Leaving the Military
Leo Szilard was not in the War form long after getting out from illness. -
Going back to College
tranferring from Technical University of Budapest, Leo went to Technische Hochschule in Charlottenburg, Germany -
Earning the Ph.D.
He earned his Ph.D. in Physicics at the University of Berlin. -
bBecoming a Proffesor
Szilard became an instructor, or privatdozent, at the University of Berlin. He published a paper, "On the Decrease of Entropy in a Thermodynamic System by the Intervention of Intelligent Beings," -
Petition for the Atomic Bomb
Szilard and several other scientists convinced Albert Einstein to write to President Franklin D. Roosevelt about building the atomic bomb. -
conducted reasearch for the Manhattan Project
Leo Szilard conducted research at the University of Chicago. -
Manhattan Project Research
Leo Szilard conducted research at the University of Chicago from 1942 to 1945 -
Leo Szilard's death
He died in La Jolla San Diego
