Outline

Introduction (100)

Einstein (200)

Bohr (200)

Teller (200)

Oppenhimer (200)

Conclusion (100)

This question asks you to look at four great nuclear scientists of the past century – Einstein, Bohr,
Oppenheimer, and Teller. These four focus in a major way on promoting or limiting nuclear war. In your
opinion what would these scientists view be if a nuclear war was to develop like what seems to be in
North Korea's picture? Support your ideas with reference to course or external material.

Einstein

Probally would be for disarmament

-was part of war resister international

-part of Emergncy Comitee of atomic standards

-signed rusell-einsteind manifesto

-went on tv to denounce the daners of nukes

-not a very patriotic, nationalistic kinda guy

Very vocal

-he didn’t just sit back

-wrote letters to Judge and Hover defending a treasoner

Oppenhiemer

-indifference to modern affairs

-around 1930 he started to care about treatment of jews

-after dropping bomb he felt very guilty

-wanted international control over nukes

Acheson-Lilienthal report, an ambitious blueprint for international control through

creation of an Atomic Development Authority that would own all uranium mines, atomic power
plants, and laboratories.
Teller

-dr strangeglove

-very politically savy

-military industrial complex

-impulsive?

-thought that nuclear was the solution to all problems

- president kenedy quote

-used doomsday language to sway public opinon

-says that soviets are going to dominate after sputnick is launched

-uses this to increase funding and gain support

-would rather anhilate the world than accept communism

- strongly against peacefull solutions

- aposed attempts to ban nuclear tests and arms limitations

-Isador Rabi asys that he is an enemy of humanity

-He was also thinking about defense strategies rather than peace talks

-building xray inteceptor

Bohr

-did not really want to go to war

- proposed giving away nuclear secret so that the whole world could use it for energy

-collaborated with Einstein

-wanted to establish international organization to control nukes

-tried to convince Churchill

-involved in the creation of International Atomic Energy Agency

-open letter to united nations