"There is no likelihood man can ever tap……" — Robert Andrews Millikan

There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the… - Robert Andrews Millikan

"There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom. The glib supposition of utilizing atomic energy when our coal has run out is a completely unscientific Utopian dream, a childish bug-a-boo. Nature has introduced a few fool-proof devices into the great majority of elements that constitute the bulk of the world, and they have no energy to give up in the process of disintegration."

— Robert Andrews Millikan

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