: He compares world events to a "ghostly tragicomedy" where the actors decide the life or death of nations while the public remains "half frightened, half indifferent".
Because the original speech is under historical copyright and exists in fragmented archive recordings, researchers at the Einstein Archives in Jerusalem and the Hoover Institution have compiled the definitive version. Below is a paraphrased excerpt of the most urgent passage:
Through the release of atomic energy, our generation has brought into the world the most revolutionary force since prehistoric man’s discovery of fire. This basic power of the universe cannot be fitted into the outmoded concept of narrow nationalisms. For there is no secret and there is no defense; there is no possibility of control except through the aroused understanding and insistence of the peoples of the world.
By Albert Einstein
: He compares world events to a "ghostly tragicomedy" where the actors decide the life or death of nations while the public remains "half frightened, half indifferent".
Because the original speech is under historical copyright and exists in fragmented archive recordings, researchers at the Einstein Archives in Jerusalem and the Hoover Institution have compiled the definitive version. Below is a paraphrased excerpt of the most urgent passage: albert einstein the menace of mass destruction full speech
Through the release of atomic energy, our generation has brought into the world the most revolutionary force since prehistoric man’s discovery of fire. This basic power of the universe cannot be fitted into the outmoded concept of narrow nationalisms. For there is no secret and there is no defense; there is no possibility of control except through the aroused understanding and insistence of the peoples of the world. : He compares world events to a "ghostly
By Albert Einstein