Abandoned Quote by Charles Duhigg

History will remember the twentieth century for two technological developments: atomic energy and space flight.

— Neil Armstrong

In 1957, with the arms race in full swing, the Department of Defense had decided it was just a matter of time before an…

— Annie Jacobsen

[About the great synthesis of atomic physics in the 1920s:] It was a heroic time. It was not the doing of any one man;…

— J. Robert Oppenheimer

I believe that there have been civilisations in the past that were familiar with atomic energy, and that by misusing it they were totally…

— Frederick Soddy

When I started Atom Factory, the idea was to do something small yet powerful. That name resonated with the mission.

— Troy Carter

“in the forty-five years centered on 1910, the nature of the atom was first understood—partly by shooting pieces of atoms at atoms and watching…

— Carl Sagan

In 1975, I was called to active duty in the Air Force, studying U.S. space launches that used nuclear power. I felt it was…

— Lonnie Johnson

The atom was unleashed in 1946, right when all this stuff was occurring. And the bomb's incredible release of energy and light may have…

— Dwight Schultz

Atoms for peace. Man is still the greatest miracle and the greatest problem on earth. [Message tapped out by Sarnoff using a telegraph key…

— David Sarnoff

“The history of this nation up through the Civil War shows how difficult the establishment of a federal authority can be when there are…

— Walter Isaacson

“Scientists expected that the Super, a fusion or "thermonuclear" weapon, would be an awesomely destructive horror that could unleash the equivalent of several million…

— James T. Patterson

The earlier, the more fun. Why put it off? It’s the atomic age!

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn