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A letter from Albert Einstein, which inspired the US to develop the world’s first nuclear bombs, is to go up for public sale.
Written to President Franklin D Roosevelt, in 1939, the be aware warns that Nazi Germany may have the ability to create such weapons – and suggests the US begins its personal atomic programme.
Three years later, America started the Manhattan Venture, which led to the primary ever use of atomic weapons, towards Japan, in 1945.
The letter is being bought as a part of an public sale of artefacts belonging to Microsoft co-founder Paul…