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Letter from Alfred Kastler to Marshall W. Nirenberg

Title:: Letter from Alfred Kastler to Marshall W. Nirenberg
Creator:: Kastler, Alfred
Recipient:: Nirenberg, Marshall W.
Date:: 14 June 1976
Description:: Kastler, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1966, insists that laureates have a responsibility to use their public prestige to prevent misuse of science. He recommends that they "meditate upon the Nobel lecture delivered in 1974 by Gunner Myrdal," in which he showed that only a radical change of attitude can head off catastrophe initiated by food shortages and population explosion.
Location:: Box: 8. Folder: 12
Rights:: Reproduced with permission of Daniel Kastler.
Genre:: Letters (correspondence)
Format:: Text
Extent:: 2 pages
Language:: English
Legacy ID:: JJBBYD
NLM ID:: 101584910X399
Profiles Collection:: The Marshall W. Nirenberg Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584910X399
Story Section:: Beyond the Laboratory: Professional, Personal, and Political Life, 1967-2002