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.”.. the politicians and statesmen are not fit to handle modern scientific inventions and discoveries.” – Dr. Ernest Boris Chain. The search for knowledge is among the noblest endeavours of which mankind is capable, yet now every advance in this direction seems but one more step towards our self-destruction. In the nineteenth century there was… read more »

I am at frightened man. All the scientists I know are frightened men, frightened for their lives and frightened for your life. Dr. Harold C. Urey Many people feel – and it is easily understandable – that the situation in which they find themselves to-day has come about without their knowledge, – that they have… read more »

The world has become mulch smaller and more explosive. Now we are all crowded together into as single house. Beneath the floor of our house there is a time bomb ticking away, as write this … as you read this. Dr. Harold C. Urey, Atom bomb scientist. During the war we looked forward to peace…. read more »

We cannot stop and stand still even if we would; we are committed to further progress or, at least, further change. The knowledge and power which science has given us must inevitably carry us on with a frightful momentum. Prof. W. McDougall The enormous technical advances made by physical science in recent years and the… read more »

  London: Social Science Association 1946. 64 pages. Let the mind rise from victory to victory over surrounding nature, let it conquer for human life and activity not only the surface of the earth but all that lies between the depth of the seas and the outer limits of the atmosphere, let it command for… read more »