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Philip Noel-Baker
(1 Nov 1889 - 8 Oct 1982)
English politician and diplomat , who received the 1959 Nobel Peace Prize, was long active campaigning for disarmament. He contributed to the formation of the League of Nations and the United Nations.
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Science Quotes by Philip Noel-Baker (1 quote)
The scientists speak with an authority which the ordinary citizen, the non-scientist, cannot challenge, and to which he is compelled to listen. Since they cannot hope for much help from the generals or the ministers, they must act for themselves, in a supreme endeavor to avert the mortal dangers which confront mankind.
— Philip Noel-Baker
In 'Science and Disarmament,' Impact, 1965.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
