I Saw Science As Being

The Most Terrifying Moment In My Life Was October 1962, During The Cuban Missile Crisis. I Did Not Know All The Facts - We Have Learned Only Recently How Close We Were To War - But I Knew Enough To Make Me Tremble.

The Present Basic Philosophy Is Nuclear Deterrence.

The Chief Task Was To Stop The Arms Race Before It Brought Utter Disaster. However, After The Collapse Of Communism And The Disintegration Of The Soviet Union, Any Rationale For Having Nuclear Weapons Disappeared.

But The First The General Public Learned About The Discovery Was The News Of The Destruction Of Hiroshima By The Atom Bomb. A Splendid Achievement Of Science And Technology Had Turned Malign. Science Became Identified With Death And Destruction.

My Worry Is That Other Advances In Science May Result In Other Means Of Mass Destruction, Maybe More Readily Available Even Than Nuclear Weapons. Genetic Engineering Is Quite A Possible Area, Because Of These Dreadful Developments That Are Taking Place There.