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The Bomb

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The Bomb and Its Effects

Zilard is forced to give up his patent for the chain reaction. The project leaders and top physicists are sent to new mexico, where they will work on a nuclear bomb. Zilard can't know for sure the army's plans for using the atomic bomb but he knows that if the bomb is used, it will have profound effects on the future of humanity. He turns once again to his old friend, albert einstein,. This time he is making the drive to see einstein, not to get the us Government to build a bomb, but to convince the president not to use it.

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