Most of my scientific work has been basic research. There were no immediate uses for my discoveries, but today the radioisotopes are the workhorses of nuclear medicine, an isotope of plutonium is a major energy source in the space program,… — 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
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
