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Intent on those two aims-service to his adopted country and the cooperation of scientists in the pursuit of truth-Hungarian-born Scientist Teller carefully refrains from raking over the old controversy about whether an H-bomb should be attempted. He says he does not know enough to write of the political controversy over the H-bomb, "but I feel that great gratitude is due to the men who in those difficult weeks [after the Soviet atomic explosion about Sept. 1, 1949] arrived at the correct conclusions," i.e., to proceed with all possible speed toward the development...
...scientists have assumed a more and more important and authoritative role in national defense, many self-styled experts on democracy have feared that their political influence might increase accordingly. Some have attempted to force respected specialists to withdraw their weight from the political balances altogether, allowing other to determine social values. The consensus seems to be that if scientists would return to their laboratories and judges retire to their benches, democracy could work more smoothly for the betterment of all. A critic of the University of Chicago's nuclear physicist Harold C. Urey, who recently questioned the fairness...
...special arguments used against scientists and judges who participate in politics apply with equal force against most other active American thinkers. If a scientist holds political influence far beyond his political authority, so do ministers, doctors, educators, and business men. It would seem to follow that all should hesitate to speak, for fear that their words might imply that their opinions were echoed by America's great institutions. Men of intellect would remove themselves from political controversy, leaving democracy to deal in debased currency...
...nuclear scientists, especially, moral assertion is increasingly necessary. Devoted pursuit of knowledge leads the scientist to discovery of terrifying weapons, yet moral consciousness obliges him to counsel moderation. Conspiracy to withhold scientific information is treason; it is in politics that scientists must combat the forces that drive America toward devastation...
...ceremonial elephants and a personal troupe of 50 dancing girls. While swallows dart freely above him. King Norodom will often play the saxophone, or conduct his own personal orchestra. He also writes movie scripts and produces them, occasionally playing the lead himself. Once he was great as a mad scientist, turning human victims into zombies at the prick of his devil's needle. "If I ever lose this king job," he remarked, "then maybe I can go to Hollywood. They like Oriental characters over there, don't they? Maybe I could be a Cambodian Charlie Chan...