Which Happened First?

Leó Szilárd

Leó Szilárd
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Leo Szilard was a Hungarian-born American physicist, biologist, and inventor who made numerous important discoveries in nuclear physics and the biological sciences. He conceived the nuclear chain reaction in 1933, and patented the idea in 1936.

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. Ana AslanJanuary 1, 1897 – May 21, 1988
  2. Berenice AbbottJuly 17, 1898 – December 9, 1991
  3. Katharine Burr BlodgettJanuary 10, 1898 – October 12, 1979
  4. Leó Szilárd (this page)February 11, 1898 – May 30, 1964
  5. Trofim LysenkoSeptember 17, 1898 – November 20, 1976
  6. William James SidisApril 1, 1898 – July 17, 1944

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