He aquí cómo describía la situación el propio Einstein: Cuando estaba en el séptimo grado en el Luitpold Gymnasium de Múnich, fui convocado por mi tu… - Freeman Dyson

Nonviolence is often the path of wisdom, but not always. Love and passive resistance are wonderfully effective weapons against some kinds of tyranny, but not against all.

I have felt it myself. The glitter of nuclear weapons. It is irresistible if you come to them as a scientist. To feel it's there in your hands, to release this energy that fuels the stars, to let it do your bidding. To perform these miracles, to lift a million tons of rock into the sky. It is something that gives people an illusion of illimitable power, and it is, in some ways, responsible for all our troubles — this, what you might call technical arrogance, that overcomes people when they see what they can do with their minds.

Scientists who become icons must not only be geniuses but also performers, playing to the crowd and enjoying public acclaim.