In the 1950s, the average person saw science as something that solved problems. With the advent of nuclear weapons and pollution, the idealistic aura around scientific research has been replaced by cynicism.
From Sheldon Lee Glashow
Individual scientists cannot do much on their own. Heads of nations, corporates, and economic giants should recognise the criticality of it.
Chemistry is good for fun - it's like baseball. It has its role for small children, but I can't see an adult being concerned with it.
From 1958 to 1966, I was in exile. I just wandered around teaching, waiting for an offer from Harvard.
One of the principal achievements of physics in the 20th century has been the revelation that the atom is not indivisible or elementary at all but has a complex structure.
The question of energy is an important one. The big issue is how to get it, how not to destroy the environment, and how to survive as a species. It's a big deal.
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