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British scientists had brought this storm upon themselves by insisting that something be done and done soon about internationalizing The Bomb. A prominent spokesman for them had been Physicist Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant. Others, following Oliphant's lead, had secretly circulated a round robin declaring that they would rebel against enforced secrecy if the Government ignored them, Official Secrets...
...youngest of the four, Julian Seymour Schwinger, aged 27, has done considerable work as a theoretical physicist, first as a National Research Fellow at Berkeley, and later as an assistant professor at Purdue. Since the war he has been on a leave of absence from Purdue...
...answer [this question], the physicist must attempt to explain the two aspects of his science. There is, first, the creative intellectual activity which constantly pushes back the boundaries of our understanding of natural phenomena. Second, the industrial activity which applies the results of scientific knowledge . . . to satisfy material human needs and whimsies. The first is the science of physics proper, and the second is the side of physics which has been called the inheritance of technology. If the science of physics lags, the inheritance of technology is soon spent. In these war years, the inheritance of technology has been exploited...
Real science cannot thrive except while pursuing a high, non-practical purpose: "The physicist returns from the war to cultivate his science. We are the inheritors of a great scientific tradition and of a beautiful structure of knowledge. It is the duty of our generation to add to the perfection of this structure and to pass on to the next generation the best traditions of our science for the edification and entertainment of all mankind...
...physicist has become a military asset of such value that only with the assurance of peace will society permit him to pursue scientific knowledge in his own quiet way. Our rejuvenated military forces are building giant laboratories (any one of which can use up all of our currently available and really well-trained physicists), and hope to stock them with men who can continue their scientific research and still adhere to the . . . regulations of the Civil Service Commission...