Luis Walter Alvarez Quotes:
Ocupation: Physicist
Life: June 13, 1911 - September 1, 1988
Birthday: June 13
Death: September 1
The last few centuries have seen the world freed from several scourges-slavery, for example; death by torture for heretics; and, most recently, smallpox. I am optimistic enough to believe that the next scourge to disappear will be large-scale warfare-killed by the existence and nonuse of nuclear weapons.
topic: War, Believe, Optimistic, Large Scale, Scourge
