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Einstein (Albert) Correspondence
Biomed.0333  
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  • Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
    Title: Albert Einstein correspondence
    Creator: Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
    Identifier/Call Number: Biomed.0333
    Physical Description: 1 unknown (1 typescript)
    Date: 1947 April 30
    Language of Material: English .

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    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 6661401 

    Scope and Contents

    Collection consists of a form letter sent out by the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists, of which Einstein was the Chairman of the Trustees, to scientists. It asks for help in raising $1,000,000 for scientists to fulfill their "inescapable responsibility to carry to our fellow citizens an understanding of the simple facts of atomic energy and their implications for society."