I, who had been in favour of nuclear energy for generating electricity ... I suddenly realised that anybody who has a nuclear reactor can extract the plutonium from the reactor and make nuclear weapons, so that a country which has… — Mark Oliphant Copy Share Image
I believe that science is best left to scientists, that you cannot have managers or directors of science, it's got to be carried out and done by people with ideas, people with concepts, people who feel in their bones that… — Mark Oliphant Copy Share Image
It was essential to do this job, hateful though it was, because we knew the Germans were hot on the trail. — Mark Oliphant Copy Share Image
I, who had been in favour of nuclear energy for generating electricity ... I suddenly realised that anybody who has a nuclear reactor can… — Mark Oliphant Copy Share Image
Going after the unknown is always fascinating, I think. It becomes part of your life, this desire to know. — Mark Oliphant Copy Share Image
I lost my hair mixing a substance called white gunpowder on the kitchen table. — Mark Oliphant Copy Share Image
I believe that science is best left to scientists, that you cannot have managers or directors of science, it's got to be carried out… — Mark Oliphant Copy Share Image
I worked with him for ten years until he died and it was the most wonderful time of my life. — Mark Oliphant Copy Share Image
