Word: atomics
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Philosopher Bertram Russell, 76, who reluctantly renounced pacifism in 1941, reluctantly warned a London conference of students and teachers that the West must either fight Russia before she has the atom bomb, or "lie down and say 'Come and govern us, have concentration camps, do as you like.' " It would be a sad decision, he admitted, because "there are only two independent states in the world today-Britain is not one of them. After an atomic war only one would be left...
Second: C'est ça. Then Truman won't really need any atom bombs...
First Frenchman: If the Russians invade France, Mr. Truman will drop his atom bombs on Russia, but not on Paris...
Second: C'est ça. So the best thing is to explain the situation to Mr. Truman, then he won't drop his atom bombs on Russia...
More & more physicists are coming to know the Institute as the home of an authentic contemporary hero of their trade: Dr. J. (for nothing) Robert Oppenheimer, who is president of the American Physical Society, chairman of the technical advisers to the Atomic Energy Commission, and one of the world's top theoretical physicists. Laymen know him as the man who bossed the production of the atom bomb. Last week, at 44, Oppenheimer was beginning his second year as director of the Institute for Advanced Study...