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Like the complex interactions within the atom, the volatile human forces at work on the planet earth may be able to maintain their dynamic equilibrium indefinitely. That will unquestionably require ever increasing wisdom and skillful management, as well as luck. Many more Americans are now beginning to think seriously about what used to be called the unthinkable. Insofar as this new wave of concern and activism about the single biggest threat facing mankind does justice to the complexity of the problem, and steers clear of simple-minded pseudo solutions, it may foster some of the prerequisites for survival. In which...
...experts and policymakers who helped design and refine the contingency plans?about whether those plans would work if put to the test of reality. Many fear that the detonation of even one nuclear weapon in a conflict would be like firing a particle into the nucleus of an atom; nuclear war would mimic nuclear fission. The result would be a chain reaction of chaos and cataclysm, warheads flying back and forth with increasing recklessness and ultimately random, total destruction...
...waters, to torpedo the Queen Elizabeth II, which was carrying hundreds of Jews from Southampton to Haifa to celebrate Israel's 25th anniversary. Sadat, who was then still on speaking terms with Gaddafi, countermanded the order. Over the past decade, Gaddafi has continually tried to get hold of an atom bomb?so far with no success, although Libya has two small nuclear facilities (one built by the Soviets, the other by the French) and is buying up huge supplies of uranium from Niger...
...probe to Halley's comet? No solar polar mission? No Venus probe, no Galileo project for Jupiter, no deep-space network? Will future generations look back to say, "The 20th century? Oh, that was when they smoked pot and built atom bombs." Or will they say, "The 20th century? That's when they opened up the universe...
When the first atom bomb exploded at a New Mexico test site, Kenneth T. Bainbridge, a Harvard Physics professor, turned to J. Robert Oppenheimer and said, "Now we are all sons of bitches." Better bus drivers than sons of bitches...