John Polanyi, 1986 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, published this essay in 2000. In it, he discusses threats to democracy in the form of weapons, and how scientists today must remember their higher purpose, and use their technical expertise and status to support democracy everywhere.

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• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)