Above all, I regret that scientific experiments-some of them mine-should have produced such a terrible weapon as the … - Harold Urey

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I tend to think of the act of photographing, generally speaking, as an adventure. My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been.

Harold Urey

Above all, I regret that scientific experiments-some of them mine-should have produced such a terrible weapon as the hydrogen bomb. Regret, with all my soul, but not guilt.

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All of us who study the origin of life find that the more we look into it, the more we feel it is too complex to have evolved anywhere. We all believe as an article of faith that life evolved from dead matter on this planet. It is just that life's complexity is so great, it is hard for us to imagine that it did.

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Life is not a miracle. It is a natural phenomenon, and can be expected to appear whenever there is a planet whose conditions duplicate those of the earth.

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[My study of the universe] leaves little doubt that life has occurred on other planets. I doubt if the human race is the most intelligent form of life.

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I looked for it [heavy hydrogen, deuterium] because I thought it should exist. I didn't know it would have industrial applications or be the basic for the most powerful weapon ever known [the nuclear bomb]. . . I thought maybe my discovery might have the practical value of, say, neon in neon signs.

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[Pure research] is worth every penny it costs.

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