When on May 11, 1998 India tested nuclear explosives, there was considerable doubt about whether we had tested a bona fide thermonuclear or hydrogen bomb. Every country’s strategic nuclear deterrent has thermonuclear weapons, and to announce itself as a ‘true’ nuclear weapons power India had to demonstrate that we had the capability to build hydrogen [...]
More critical and unbiased thinking please
Surendra Gadekar has an article in the latest Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in which he asserts that the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal won’t save India from energy problems. Even assuming that this fact holds, Dr. Gadekar seems to think that it logically implies that India should not pursue nuclear power [...]
A post about metaphors and analogies on a fellow blogger’s page reminded me of a quote by a remarkable mathematician whose name is known only to afficionados now, but who stands in the front rank of brilliant mathematicians and physicists of the twentieth century- Stanislaw Ulam. Here’s a quote from him about analogies:
“Great scientists see [...]