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ONE of the most significant features of representative scientific gatherings in recent years, even of such widely differing types as the British Association, the World Power Conference, the Society of Chemical Industry, or the Association of Scientific Workers, as in the reports of Carnegie Institution of Washington or the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, is the concern which has been expressed at the social consequences of the application of scientific discoveries. The necessity for concrete action in this field has been emphasized in recent months in different ways by the attention being given to the problems of the Special Areas, the rearmament programme and the growing malaise in Europe. We are witnessing a race between scientific progress and social instability.
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Social Responsibilities of Science. Nature 139, 689–691 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139689a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/139689a0