愛因斯坦的錯誤
2012年03月04日
Have you ever written a letter and wished you could take it back? Albert Einstein wrote a letter like that.
In 1939, concerned by reports that German scientists had succeeded in splitting the atom, Einstein wrote to President Roosevelt suggesting that nuclear research might make it possible to build"extremely powerful bombs of a new type". Einstein advised speeding up research. This letter resulted in the Manhattan Project-- the enormous effort to create the first atomic bomb.
By 1945, many scientists were alarmed by the awesome power of this new weapon, especially since it was now clear that Germany was not building one of its own. Einstein lived to regret his letter to Roosevelt, which he said was"the single greatest mistake" of his entire life.
你有沒有寫過一封事後想收回的信？阿伯特．愛因斯坦就寫過。
一九三九年，愛因斯坦聽說德國科學家分裂原子的試驗已告成功，十分擔心，致函羅斯福總統說，憑核子研究，可能製成一種「非常厲害的新型炸彈」。他建議加速研究。這封信促成了曼哈坦計劃：動用龐大人力物力研製第一枚原子彈。
到了一九四五年，不少科學家對這種新武器的可怕力量深感憂慮，尤其是當時已發覺德國並沒有製造原子彈。愛因斯坦後來也懊悔寫過那封信給羅斯福，認為那是他一生「最嚴重的一個錯誤」。
（古德明）
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