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Which scientist's work laid the foundation for the development of the atomic bomb and our understanding of nuclear energy?
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Marie Curie
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- Marie Curie
- J. Robert Oppenheimer
- Albert Einstein
- Enrico Fermi
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While J. Robert Oppenheimer led the Manhattan Project, Albert Einstein's famous equation E=mc² described the relationship between mass and energy, which is fundamental to nuclear physics and the power released in atomic reactions.
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