Summary Of Day At Night By Edward Teller
Now the second interpretation of Teller’s persona can be found in Scott Kirsch’s Experiments in Progress: Edward Teller’s Controversial Geographies. Between 1957 and 1970, The United States’ Livermore lab enacted Project Plowshare, a project that sought to use nuclear detonations for civil geographical projects. Edward Teller was one of the project’s most avid supporters, who viewed the ease in which nuclear explosions was the gateway to geographic engineering that would allow people to change the earth’s surface to suit their needs (Kirsch, pg.4). Though Teller was not a member of Project Plowshare, Teller would often use his image of a ‘public scientist to build support for the project such as promising president Eisenhower that a radiation
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For one, Teller was of the opinion that the scientist holds two responsibilities. The first is to create science for only he/she is capable of it. By creating science, the scientist can strive to unite the world for good or for bad. The second responsibility of the scientist is to apply what he/she has learned (Day at Night, 15:30-16:30). Teller also criticizes the scientific community for not applying science into the real world, thus, allowing the Soviet Union to overtake it. Outside of these responsibilities, Teller argues that the scientist no longer be involved in the process of decision making. That responsibility falls to those in positions of power. It is why scientists should not feel guilty in creating inventions that would see use in military conflicts, such as nylon in parachutes and the Haber-Bosch process fueling the German military in the first world war (Day at Night,22:00-26:00). In summarization of both the sources, Teller is a man that embodies the role of scientist longer after he created the hydrogen bomb. In advocating a defensive system of bunkers, he abides within the confines of nuclear weapons. Though reserving criticism of international monitoring and nuclear openness, Teller merely simply states the difficulties of accomplishing those goals. Never once did he criticize the use of nuclear weapons as their use was beyond his
For one, Teller was of the opinion that the scientist holds two responsibilities. The first is to create science for only he/she is capable of it. By creating science, the scientist can strive to unite the world for good or for bad. The second responsibility of the scientist is to apply what he/she has learned (Day at Night, 15:30-16:30). Teller also criticizes the scientific community for not applying science into the real world, thus, allowing the Soviet Union to overtake it. Outside of these responsibilities, Teller argues that the scientist no longer be involved in the process of decision making. That responsibility falls to those in positions of power. It is why scientists should not feel guilty in creating inventions that would see use in military conflicts, such as nylon in parachutes and the Haber-Bosch process fueling the German military in the first world war (Day at Night,22:00-26:00). In summarization of both the sources, Teller is a man that embodies the role of scientist longer after he created the hydrogen bomb. In advocating a defensive system of bunkers, he abides within the confines of nuclear weapons. Though reserving criticism of international monitoring and nuclear openness, Teller merely simply states the difficulties of accomplishing those goals. Never once did he criticize the use of nuclear weapons as their use was beyond his