No bombs?

First, Einstein didn't "invent the atom bomb." He did some of the work that eventually led to the development of nuclear weapons. But only basic theoretical parts, and even then, probably not the most important parts of that. His only real role was using his fame to get FDR's attention to become interested in the idea.

Second, there's obviously no clear answer, but a lot of people would say that the world would not have been a better place, because a huge conventional military conflict between the West and the USSR might well have occurred in the 1950s or 1960s.

But the basic question is probably ASB, because you'd have to lobotomize every physicist alive after 1900 to keep the bomb from being developed eventually.
 

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Thank you !! :) Now I know.. :/ As if I didn't know that. But if Albert hadn't ;) .
And I completely disagree with the world wouldn't be a better place. Above all if there were no bombs or guns etc. I would personally love life !!! :D Thank you and good night !!
 
He didn't invent the bomb, all he did was put his signature under a letter that was an initiative of of his fellow fugitive Physicist Leó Szilárd just to give the letter more weight with the president. Einsteins actual input in the program was rather minimal in the whole scope of the project.

On the other part of the question, no nukes would mean a much less safer world. The mutual assured destruction policies of the atomic age kept the cold war in balance, with no nukes to deter aggressors, you will see much more wars.
In fact it is likely to assume that after ww2 there would be very soon a ww3 as Stalin would want to conquer the rest of Europe (or just keeps on moving west after Berlin)

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Einstien was a genius, and did some work that led to the bomb. If he's not in the equation, then, IMVHO, it comes a good bit later--and a delay could lead to a massive conventiopnal war in the '50's.
 
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