Authority In Science Exists To Be Questioned,

I Knew, However, That It Would Cost Ten Times What I Had Available In Order To Build A Molecular Beam Machine. I Decided To Follow A Byway, Rather Than The Highway. It Is A Procedure I Have Subsequently Recommended To Beginning Scientists In This Country, Where Research Strategy Is Best Modelled On That Used By Wolfe At The Plains Of Abraham.

At The Heart Of Science Lies Discovery Which Involves A Change In Worldview. Discovery In Science Is Possible Only In Societies Which Accord Their Citizens The Freedom To Pursue The Truth Where It May Lead And Which Therefore Have Respect For Different Paths To That Truth.

Even In The World Of Molecules The Civilising Influence Of Modest Restraints Is A Cause For Rejoicing.

Science Never Gives Up Searching For Truth, Since It Never Claims To Have Achieved It.

Individual Scientists Like Myself - And Many More Conspicuous - Pointed To The Dangers Of Radioactive Fallout Over Canada If We Were To Launch Nuclear Weapons To Intercept Incoming Bombers.