Series of Essays as Timely Today as in 1947

Long out of print, the Federation of American Scientists reissued the 1947 New York Times bestseller and classic anti-nuke text One World or None, which features original essays by Albert Einstein, Robert Oppenheimer, Hans Bethe, Leo Szilard, among other luminaries. One World or None was, and still is, an astonishing little book.

In One World or None, the scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project, including five Nobel laureates, tackle questions every bit as relevant today as they were sixty years ago: how are atomic bombs different in kind from all weapons that preceded them? What implications does splitting the atom have for world peace? Is there an effective defense against nuclear weapons.

Updated with an introduction by Pulitzer Prize winning author Richard Rhodes, this book marks an unprecedented period when scientists spoke with a moral voice and were listened to. People recognized the new power of the atom would transform the world, they were just not sure how. Read a special report by Dr. Ivan Oelrich, the vice president of the Strategic Security program at the Federation of American Scientists.

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“An illuminating, powerful, threatening and
hopeful statement, which will clarify a lot of
confused thinking about atomic energy.”

—THE NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE BOOK REVIEW, MARCH 17, 1946