Presentation Slip Contributor Robert Millikan (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Vi, 248 Pp. First Edition. Quotes From Media Celebrities- 14 From Roosevelt But 7 From Hitler, 6 From Hoover, 5 From Mussolini, 2 Each From Goebbels, Goering, And Stalin. Presentation Slip To Robert A. Millikan, Whose Contribution Is "The World Has Not For Three Hundred Years Faced A Reaction Like The Present, When Mankind Is Told To Return To Superstition And Irrationalism And Against Science. Where Sentimentalists Reign, Jungle Laws Will Reign. Let Us Hope Our (Scientists') Continued Work May Contribute To Save Liberty Of Thought". David Sarnoff's May 21 Quote Is Relevant: "In A Combination Of Technological Education And Sociological Responsibility Is The Real Hope Of The Future. It Is The Responsibility Of Those Who Advance Technocracy To See That The Use Of Their Instruments Is In The Right Direction". Millikan Notes Henry Sloane Coffin's Quote, Which Reads In Part: "The Exaltation Of The Human To Be Absolute, Be It A Group Or An Individual, Is The Nemesis Of Freedom. It Results In A Totalitarian Tyranny". But See Harold C. Urey, " I Believe I Speak For The Bvast Majority Of All Scientific Men In This (Mellon) Institute, In Industrial Laboratories And In Our Universities, Our Object Is Not To Make Jobs And Dividends. These Are The Means To An End, Mere Incidentals. We Wish To Abolish Drudgery, Discomfort And Want From The Lives Of Men, And Bring Them Pleasure, Comfort, Leisure, And Beauty", A Message Never Shared By Members Of Any Of The Boards Of Directors Of Any Of The World's Institutions, Who Make The Actual Decisions, Nor The Political Leaders Who In An Increasingly Governmentalized World, Run Almost Everything. In Our Post Wwii World, Autocrats Are Celebrities, Scientists Are Just Short - And Relatively Rare- News Items, But Both Seek A Cold And Organized World As A Higher Good.