"My one great mistake": Einstein's atomic bomb letter comes to auction, expected to fetch $150,000

A historical document is up for auction through Bonhams: Einstein’s most thorough statement on his involvement with the atomic bomb, expected to fetch between $100,000 and $150,000 when bidding concludes in June 2025.

This typed manuscript, signed by Einstein himself, contains his essay “On My Participation in the Atom Bomb Project” — his most comprehensive explanation of his role in the bomb’s development, written in response to questions from a Japanese magazine after images of atomic destruction were finally permitted to be published in Japan. — Read the rest

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