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For the scientist, at exactly the moment of discovery—that most unstable existential moment—the external world, nature i — Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb
[Chemist Michael] Polanyi found one other necessary requirement for full initiation into science: Belief. If science has — Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb
Any account of science which does not explicitly describe it as something we believe in is essentially incomplete and a — Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb
After the thing went off, after it was a sure thing that America could wipe out a city with just one bomb, a scientist t — Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Cat's Cradle
In no other type of warfare does the advantage lie so heavily with the aggressor. — James Franck
I come and stand at every door But none can hear my silent tread I knock and yet remain unseen For I am dead for I am de — Nâzım Hikmet
I dispute the point that nuclear energy is 'clean' and 'cost-effective'. As I recall, when we first harnessed nuclear po — E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
People who worry that nuclear weaponry will one day fall in the hands of the Arabs, fail to realize that the Islamic bom — Joseph Adam Pearson.
The fact that no limits exist to the destructiveness of this weapon [the 'Super', i.e. the hydrogen bomb] makes its very — Enrico Fermi
My wife believes in it not one whit, but is scrupulous in its observance," said Charles Leiden, sipping from his glass. — Chaim Potok, The Book of Lights
Suddenly, there was an enormous flash of light, the brightest light I have ever seen or that I think anyone has ever see — Isidor Isaac Rabi
Stress is equivalent to weapons of mass destruction armed for wrong reasons. The difference is that, it is less costly a — Israelmore Ayivor, Daily Drive 365
Should the research worker of the future discover some means of releasing this [atomic] energy in a form which could be — Francis William Aston
A woman who was a schoolgirl at Hiroshima asked, “Those scientists who invented the atomic bomb, what did they think wou — Jonathan Glover, Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century
Above all, the sense of personal responsibility was reduced by the way agency was fragmented. Among the airmen who obeye — Jonathan Glover, Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century
For ten years after the atomic bomb was dropped there was so little public discussion of the bomb or of radioactivity th — Kenzaburō Ōe
I am an atheist, but as far as blowing up the world in a nuclear war goes, I tell them not to worry. — Fred Hoyle
Prolific irony - For 8 years, the finger on the button that could end the world belonged to a president who couldn't pro — T. Rafael Cimino, Mid Ocean
The scientist is not responsible for the laws of nature. It is his job to find out how these laws operate. It is the sci — Edward Teller
Personally I think there is no doubt that sub-atomic energy is available all around us, and that one day man will releas — Francis William Aston