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Club Introduction

For some reason, when we hear of nuclear energy we think of weapons of destruction. We're prone to overlook the fact that there are many uses for nuclear energy in our day-to-day lives. Our speaker has not overlooked this fact. This brilliant nuclear physicist's work in the weapons field is well known to all. It may not be so well known that he has been devoting much of his time to Project Plowshare, the project concerned with developing peaceful application of nuclear energy.

Our speaker was educated abroad. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Leipzig. He has held professorships in Physics at George Washington University, Columbia University, the University of Chicago and the University of California. He has been director of the Livermore branch of the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory of the University of California, and presently is Professor of Physics at-large at the University of California.

Several weeks ago, Gerard Piel, editor of Scientific American, told us that civil defense is a hoax and an illusion. Rumor has it that our speaker's not in complete agreement with Mr. Piel. It's with great pleasure that I introduce Dr. Edward Teller, who will verify or dispel that rumor.

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