Author: Masters, Dexter & Way, Katharine

In 1946, just months after atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the scientists who had developed the Bomb came together to express their thoughts and concerns. In this small book of essays, Niels Bohr, Albert Einstein, Robert Oppenheimer and others reflect on the magnitude of their scientific breakthrough, fret about its political implications, and caution the world about the coming nuclear age. The original edition sold 100,000 copies and was a New York Times best-seller. Today it is as timely as ever. 176 pp.