Nuclear Quotes by Martin Rees

8 Nuclear quotes by Martin Rees

Martin Rees shares eight short reflections on nuclear issues, each packed with his astrophysical lens. The brevity makes them easy to digest while still hinting at the depth of his scientific thinking.

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We are 'nuclear waste' from the fuel that makes stars shine; indeed, each of us contains atoms whose provenance can be traced…

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The most important advances, the qualitative leaps, are the least predictable. Not even the best scientists predicted the impact of nuclear physics,…

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“Nuclear weapons give an attacking nation a devastating advantage over any feasible defense. New sciences will soon empower small groups, even individuals,…

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Space doesn't offer an escape from Earth's problems. And even with nuclear fuel, the transit time to nearby stars exceeds a human…

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The Cern laboratory in Geneva was set up in 1955 to bring together European scientists who wished to pursue research into the…

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Nuclear weapons can be dismantled, but they cannot be uninvented.

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All the atoms we are made of are forged from hydrogen in stars that died and exploded before our solar system formed.…

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The challenge of global warming should stimulate a whole raft of manifestly benign innovations - for conserving energy and generating it by…

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