Most of us do not understand nuclear fission, but we accept it. I don't understand television, but I accept it. I don't… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
When all thermonuclear sources of energy are exhausted a sufficiently heavy star will collapse. Unless fission due to rotation, the radiation of… — J. Robert Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
Of all the failed technologies that litter the onward march of science - steam carriages, zeppelins, armoured trains - none has been… — James Buchan Copy Share Image
Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Everything we did in the 1960s was designed to fission, to weaken faith in and conformity to the 1950s social order. Our… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
O. Hahn and F. Strassmann have discovered a new type of nuclear reaction, the splitting into two smaller nuclei of the nuclei… — Lise Meitner Copy Share Image
France generates a significant part of its energy requirements from fission reactors and these have achieved a perfect safety record. We build… — Wilson Greatbatch Copy Share Image