The scientist is not responsible for the laws of nature. It is his job to find out how these laws operate. It is the scientists job to find the ways in which these laws can serve the human will. However, it is not the scientists job to determine whether a hydrogen bomb should be constructed, whether it should be used, or how it should be used. This responsibility rests with the American people and with their chosen representatives.

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Edward Teller was a 20th-century American american physicist and father of the h-bomb. Edward Teller was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist and chemical engineer who is known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb" and one of the creators of the Teller–Ulam design inspired by Stanisław Ulam. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Nature — Appreciation for the natural world and our place within it
  • Politics — Governance, civic duty, and the structures of power
  • Science — Discovery, inquiry, and the wonders of the natural world

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