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As a humanist and internationalist, Einstein had spent most of his life espousing a gentle pacifism, and he became one of Gandhi's foremost admirers. But in 1939 he signed one of the century's most important letters, one that symbolizes the relationship between science and politics. "It may become...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Mattered And Why | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

One political leader who rivals Roosevelt in embodying freedom's fight is Winston Churchill. Indeed, it's possible to imagine a President other than Roosevelt leading America through the war, but it's nearly impossible to imagine someone other than Churchill turning the world's darkest moments into Britain's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Mattered And Why | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

Among the consequences of this law is that if the nucleus of a uranium atom fissions (splits) into two nuclei with slightly less total mass, a tremendous amount of energy is released. In 1939, with World War II looming, a group of scientists who realized the implications of this persuaded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History of Relativity | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

He had been President of the United States for 12 of the most tumultuous years in the life of the nation. For many, an America without Roosevelt seemed almost inconceivable. He had guided the nation through democracy's two monumental crises--the Great Depression and World War II. Those who...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: (1882-1945) | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

He was 39, at the height of his powers, when he was stricken with polio and became a paraplegic. He had been an athlete, a man who had loved to swim and sail, to play tennis and golf, to run in the woods and ride horseback in the fields. Determined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: (1882-1945) | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

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