I Saw Science As Being In Harmony

I Have To Bring To Your Notice A Terrifying Reality: With The Development Of Nuclear Weapons Man Has Acquired, For The First Time In History, The Technical Means To Destroy The Whole Of Civilization In A Single Act.

So I Ask The Nuclear Powers To Abandon The Out-of-date Thinking Of The Cold War Period And Take A Fresh Look. Above All, I Appeal To Them To Bear In Mind The Long-term Threat That Nuclear Weapons Pose To Humankind And To Begin Action Towards Their Elimination.

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.

I Saw Science As Being In Harmony With Humanity.

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.