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
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
