80 years ago yesterday, Albert Einstein signed a letter written by him and Leo Szilard to FDR recommending that the US government pay more attention to new developments in atomic energy.pic.twitter.com/fAyfQT3sb4
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So, did it really matter the gov't took some extra months to get into gear, and its investment came in below initial expectations, when it caught up so quickly soon enough through the action of the more mainstream NDRC? ...
I think Rabi's argument is that if it hadn't been thrown into the quagmire of NRC/Navy funding, research would have continued at the pre-secrecy pace (fairly quick), and reached the "is it doable?" question earlier. I don't know if that's true.
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Yeah, that's an interesting alternative question, if research actually slowed down. That said, my impression was they had hit a wall after the early work because they needed $$ for more graphite and uranium.
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Rabi, Szilard, and others blamed Briggs for screwing up communication between groups, keeping UK info from the US scientists, etc. — that's their main complaint of NRC management
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