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Murray Gell-Mann - The voice of scientists in the public arena (188/200)

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Channel: Web of Stories - Life Stories of Remarkable People · 2016 · Science & Technology

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New York-born physicist Murray Gell-Mann (1929-2019) was a theoretical physicist. His considerable contributions to physics include the theory of quantum chromodynamics. He was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the theory of elementary particles. [Listener: Geoffrey West; date recorded: 1997]

TRANSCRIPT: There are so many scientists whose voices form a kind of cacophony and I think the whole thing is rather... the whole situation of communication with the public is rather sad. I think it's very important to form a politically potent organization. It could be based on the American Association for the Advancement of Science if it took in a lot more members or if it took in associate members, or something, so as to form a bigger group that would include science teachers, people employed in science-based and technically-based industries, and so on and so on. It could be a huge lobby for adequate treatment of science and technology in the country. I think that could be very useful. It would be nice if science and technology were a potent political force, but getting the relevant people to agree on things, of course, would not be very easy, but there might be some issues on which they would agree.

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