Alfred Nobel

      "It is possible to conceive that in criminal hands radium might prove very dangerous, and the question therefore arises whether it be to the advantage of humanity to know the secrets of nautre, whether we be sufficiently mature to profit by them, or whether that knowledge may not prove harmful.  Take, for instance, the discoveries of Nobel—powerful explosives have made it possible for men to achieve admirable things, but they are also a terrible means of destruction in the hands of those great criminals who draw nations into war.  I am among those who believe with Nobel that humanity will obtain more good than evil from future discoveries."

PIERRE CURIE,

Nobel Conference, 1903.

 

PIERRE CURIE by Marie Curie.
Translated by Charlotte and Vernon Kellogg.
With an introduction by Mrs. William Brown Meloney and autobiographical notes by Marie Curie.
New York : Macmillan 1923, p. 5.

Author Suttner, Bertha von, 1843-1914. Title Che�re baronne et amie, cher monsieur et ami : der Briefwechsel zwischen Alfred Nobel und Bertha von Suttner / herausgegeben, eingeleitet und kommentiert von Edelgard Biedermann. Publisher Hildesheim ; New York : G. Olms, 2001. Description 212 p., [16] p. of plates : some ill. ; 22 cm. ISBN 3487114925 (hd.bd.) Language German Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-209) and index. Subject Suttner, Bertha von, 1843-1914 -- Correspondence. Nobel, Alfred Bernhard, 1833-1896 -- Correspondence.