Mon, 13 Mar 2017 10:43:41 +0000 By Donald Chanda Some historical account tells us that on 12th June, 1982, there was a big political demonstration that took place in Central Park, New York city. People gathered to express their determination to bring an end to the arms race. The account further says scientists who had worked on the atomic bomb added their voices to the growing movement. That one of them, George Kistiakowsky, a Harvard University chemistry professor, who had worked on the first atomic bomb and later was science advisor to President Eisenhaver, became a spokesman for the disarmament movement. His last public remarks before his death from cancer at the age of eighty-two were in an editorial for the bulleting of atomic scientists in 1982. He stated, “I tell you as my parting words, forget the channels. There is simply not enough time left before the world explodes. Concentrate instead of […]
