It can even be thought that radium could become very dangerous in criminal hands, and here the question can be raised whether mankind benefits from knowing the secrets of Nature, whether it is ready to profit from it or whether this knowledge will not be harmful for it.


Nobel Lecture, 6 June 1905


It can even be thought that radium could become very dangerous in criminal hands, and here the question can be raised whether mankind benefits from...

It can even be thought that radium could become very dangerous in criminal hands, and here the question can be raised whether mankind benefits from...

It can even be thought that radium could become very dangerous in criminal hands, and here the question can be raised whether mankind benefits from...

It can even be thought that radium could become very dangerous in criminal hands, and here the question can be raised whether mankind benefits from...