Letter from Alfred Kastler to Marshall W. Nirenberg

Letter from Alfred Kastler to Marshall W. Nirenberg

Contributor(s):
Kastler, Alfred
Nirenberg, Marshall W.
Publication:
Produced: 14 June 1976
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
Kastler, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1966, insists that laureates have a responsibility to use their public prestige to prevent misuse of science. He recommends that they "meditate upon the Nobel lecture delivered in 1974 by Gunner Myrdal," in which he showed that only a radical change of attitude can head off catastrophe initiated by food shortages and population explosion.
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Extent:
2 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584910X399 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
JJBBYD
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584910X399
Archival Collection:
The Marshall W. Nirenberg Papers (Profiles in Science)