One of the first laws against air pollution came in 1300 when King Edward I decreed the death penalty for burning of coal. At least one execution for that offense is recorded. But economics triumphed over health considerations, and air… — Glenn T. Seaborg Copy Share Image
If a foreign government had imposed this system of education on the United States, we would rightly consider it an act of war. — Glenn T. Seaborg Copy Share Image
The modern technological world appears overwhelming to many people. It drives some to pessimism and despair. It makes others doubt the future of mankind… — Glenn T. Seaborg Copy Share Image
People must understand that science is inherently neither a potential for good nor for evil. It is a potential to be harnessed by man… — Glenn T. Seaborg Copy Share Image
There are young people today who feel that we shouldn't have developed the atomic bomb, that it was a mistake. Through no fault of… — Glenn T. Seaborg Copy Share Image
I believe that one of the characteristics of the human race, possibly the one that is primarily responsible for its course of evolution, is… — Glenn T. Seaborg Copy Share Image
Most of my scientific work has been basic research. There were no immediate uses for my discoveries, but today the radioisotopes are the workhorses… — Glenn T. Seaborg Copy Share Image
One of the first laws against air pollution came in 1300 when King Edward I decreed the death penalty for burning of coal. At… — Glenn T. Seaborg Copy Share Image
The education of young people in science is at least as important, maybe more so, than the research itself. — Glenn T. Seaborg Copy Share Image
