Atomic Quotes

261 quotes by 200 authors

In his scientific genius, man has wrought material miracles and has transformed his world. He has harnassed nature and has developed great civilizations. But he… — Ralph Bunche
The atomic weapons race and the secrecy surrounding it crushed American democracy. It induced us to conduct government according to lies. It distorted justice. It… — Stewart Udall
Elements and birthdays have been intertwined for me since boyhood, when I learned about atomic numbers. — Oliver Sacks
I get paid to do what I love. If you understand physics, the foundation of the atomic theory and relativity, you understand how the future… — Michio Kaku
In the first weeks after Hiroshima, extravagant statements by President Truman and other official spokesmen for the U.S. government transformed the inception of the atomic… — Stewart Udall
An ideal day starts with putting on a good, smart, fun show where I learn something and ends with me fending off atomic knee drops… — Willie Geist
The 20th century was a test bed for big ideas - fascism, communism, the atomic bomb. — P.J. O'Rourke
The tragic nuclear accident at Fukushima underscored the urgent need to enhance nuclear safety and the international emergency response framework. I commend the International Atomic… — Ban Ki-moon
After leaving ImageMovers, I sold two pitches to Fox Atomic, which I then wrote for them. — Lauren Miller
General Atomics, the progenitor of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, started life in 1955 when a major military contractor, General Dynamics, feared that the military hardware… — Charles Duhigg
The whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter. — C. V. Raman
To understand how black projects began, and how they continue to function today, one must start with the creation of the atomic bomb. The men… — Annie Jacobsen
In 1957, with the arms race in full swing, the Department of Defense had decided it was just a matter of time before an airplane… — Annie Jacobsen
If our inconceivably ancient universe even had any beginning, the conditions determining that beginning must even now be engraved in the atomic weights. — Theodore William Richards
Experimental work of great refinement is necessary in order to determine atomic weights. No relationships between them have yet been certainly found which make it… — Theodore William Richards
One has to look out for engineers - they begin with sewing machines and end up with the atomic bomb. — Marcel Pagnol
One effect could be that the huge atomic arsenal created in the cold war could be reduced significantly. — Gerhard Schroder
Thus at the beginning of 1906 it seemed to be established that the emitters of the spectral series of chemical elements are their positive atomic… — Johannes Stark
Penn State in 1955 became the first university to be issued a federal license to operate a nuclear reactor, which it continues to use for… — Don Sherwood
These studies resulted eventually in a complete sequence analysis of the complex from several species, and in the atomic resolution structure of the F catalytic… — John E. Walker

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