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THE extent to which the problem of atomic energy and its utilization and control has taken hold of the public mind is well illustrated by the way in which the subject forced its way into Sir John Anderson's address on “Science and Reconstruction” in Manchester on December 6 and into the British Association Conference on “Scientific Research and Industrial Planning” in London on the following days. Both in Sir John Anderson's address and in that by Prof. C. D. Ellis at the British Association Conference, the question of the industrial use of atomic energy was put in its right perspective, and extravagant ideas as to its imminent use as a source of industrial power were dispelled. Both speakers indicated that the new range of radioactive substances which have become available may be vastly more important and bring a revolution into medical science ; and it was clearly recognized that, at any rate for the time being, the Government must take a leading part in the organisation of researches into atomic energy.
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IMPLICATIONS OF ATOMIC ENERGY. Nature 157, 57–60 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157057a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/157057a0