If our inconceivably ancient universe even had any beginning, the conditions determining that beginning must even now be engraved in the atomic… — Theodore William Richards Copy Share Image
“The void is 'not-being,' and no part of 'what is' is a 'not-being,'; for what 'is' in the strict sense of the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The atomic weapons race and the secrecy surrounding it crushed American democracy. It induced us to conduct government according to lies. It… — Stewart Udall Copy Share Image
“Master radiation and you will be able to master modern human illnesses and diseases.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Elements and birthdays have been intertwined for me since boyhood, when I learned about atomic numbers. — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
“Hiroshima and Nagasaki were atomized at a time when the Japanese were suing desperately for peace. ” — David Dellinger Copy Share Image
The 20th century was a test bed for big ideas - fascism, communism, the atomic bomb. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter. — C. V. Raman Copy Share Image
The tragic nuclear accident at Fukushima underscored the urgent need to enhance nuclear safety and the international emergency response framework. I commend… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
General Atomics, the progenitor of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, started life in 1955 when a major military contractor, General Dynamics, feared that… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
“Wiping a warring city off the map will be a statement to the world, as it was in 1945.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“It is only a matter of time before another nuclear bomb is detonated during war.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“For most people with radiation sickness, it is a life of significantly degraded health.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
I did not want to be labelled 'the designer who survived the atomic bomb,' and therefore I have always avoided questions about… — Issey Miyake Copy Share Image
“I have met some of the people that run USA nuclear power plants and I found them to be shady!” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Instead of an attic with a few test tubes, bits of wire and odds and ends, the attack on the atomic nucleus… — Ernest Lawrence Copy Share Image
All it takes is a small change in Newton's laws, or the rules of atomic physics, and poof - life would either… — Leonard Susskind Copy Share Image
“Most people that have radiation sickness end up having a life that is much sicker than the general population.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Penn State in 1955 became the first university to be issued a federal license to operate a nuclear reactor, which it continues… — Don Sherwood Copy Share Image
I knew what I was getting into: 72-ounce steaks, shakes by the quart, atomic wings. When I landed 'Man v. Food' in… — Adam Richman Copy Share Image
Thus at the beginning of 1906 it seemed to be established that the emitters of the spectral series of chemical elements are… — Johannes Stark Copy Share Image
I grew up in Los Alamos, New Mexico, which is my hometown. In Los Alamos is, for people who don't know, a… — Drew Goddard Copy Share Image
To understand how black projects began, and how they continue to function today, one must start with the creation of the atomic… — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image