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Many physicists didn't want to work on nuclear bombs but they were convinced to help develop it because they were afraid other scientists with even less ethics
by saint_fiasco 10y ago
Many physicists didn't want to work on nuclear bombs but they were convinced to help develop it because they were afraid other scientists with even less ethics would build one first. It only takes one Leo Szilard to ruin it for the whole human race.
- anexprogrammer 10y agoI'm reminded of Einstein wanting 1,000 copies of the famous Hiroshima edition[1] of the New Yorker (70 years ago this week) to send to colleagues. [1] http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1946/08/31/hiroshima http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1946/08/31/hiroshima
- lostlogin 10y agoThat story is an excellent read - first hand accounts of the Hiroshima bombing. I'd forgotten the article existed - I seem to remember it being released for free in the last year or so? Thanks.