Quotes
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Charles Lauritsen on Oppenheimer
‘This man was unbelievable. He always gave you the answer before you had time to formulate the question.‘― Charles Lauritsen
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Understanding the Futility of Nuclear Conflicts
‘A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought.‘― Ronald Reagan
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Return of the Stone Age
‘The Stone Age may return on the gleaming wings of science.‘― Winston Churchill
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Igor Kurchatov
‘The Bearded One is rich and famous, His installations can’t be numbered; Scientists wander there in herds – Free they may be, but ever guarded.‘― Anonymous
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Hotel Sarov
‘A plane flies from Moskou to Sarov. Whoever comes here will never go back.‘― Anonymous
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New weapons
‘If atomic bombs are to be added as new weapons to the arsenals of the warring world, or to the arsenals of nations preparing for war, then the time will come when mankind will curse the names of Los Alamos and of Hiroshima.‘― J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Ill fares the land
‘Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, where wealth accumulates, and men decay.‘― Oliver Goldsmith
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Life Lessons from Feynman: Laughter and Compassion
‘My mother taught me that the highest forms of understanding that we can achieve are laughter, and human compassion.‘― Richard Feynman