If Atomic Bombs Are To Be Added

The People Of This World Must Unite Or They Will Perish.

This World Of Ours Is A New World, In Which The Unit Of Knowledge, The Nature Of Human Communities, The Order Of Society, The Order Of Ideas, The Very Notions Of Society And Culture Have Changed, And Will Not Return To What They Have Been In The Past. What Is New Is New, Not Because It Has Never Been There Before, But Because It Has Changed In Quality.

If Atomic Bombs Are To Be Added As New Weapons To The Arsenals Of A Warring World, Or To The Arsenals Of Nations Preparing For War, Then The Time Will Come When Mankind Will Curse The Names Of Los Alamos And Hiroshima. The People Must Unite Or They Will Perish.

But When You Come Right Down To It The Reason That We Did This Job Is Because It Was An Organic Necessity. If You Are A Scientist You Cannot Stop Such A Thing. If You Are A Scientist You Believe That It Is Good To Find Out How The World Works; That It Is Good To Find Out What The Realities Are; That It Is Good To Turn Over To Mankind At Large The Greatest Possible Power To Control The World And To Deal With It According To Its Lights And Values.

Today, It Is Not Only That Our Kings Do Not Know Mathematics, But Our Philosophers Do Not Know Mathematics And - To Go A Step Further - Our Mathematicians Do Not Know Mathematics.