在广岛和长崎原子弹爆炸后不久，有人问爱因斯坦 ： “ 为何当人的思维已经可以延伸到可以发现原子的结构时，我们却无法设计出相应的政治手段来防止原子摧毁我们自己？
Shortly after the atomic bombs had fallen on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Einstein was asked, “Why is it that when the mind of man has stretched so far as to discover the structure of the atom we have been unable to devise the political means to keep the atom from destroying us?”