Max Born Quote

The release of nuclear energy is an event comparable to the first fire kindled by prehistoric man — though there is no modern Prometheus but teams of clever yet less heroic fellows, useless as inspiration for epic poetry.

The Restless Universe - Postscript (p. 309), Dover Publications, Inc. 1951

The release of nuclear energy is an event comparable to the first fire kindled by prehistoric man — though there is no modern Prometheus but teams...

The release of nuclear energy is an event comparable to the first fire kindled by prehistoric man — though there is no modern Prometheus but teams...

The release of nuclear energy is an event comparable to the first fire kindled by prehistoric man — though there is no modern Prometheus but teams...

The release of nuclear energy is an event comparable to the first fire kindled by prehistoric man — though there is no modern Prometheus but teams...