Our modern societies, all strongly based on technological improvements, consistently demand a solid scientific and technological knowledge from those who wish to be considered citizens.

UNESCO: Science Policy and Capacity-Building

Without leaving his scientific footing, Simon developed a bias for optimism about man, knowledge, science, technological progress and the future.

FORBES: The Upside Of Optimism

The Soviets' knowledge from 1941 that the western allies were pursuing the bomb, and the receipt of detailed scientific and technological information from top scientists such as Klaus Fuchs, must have speeded up the development of their own nuclear weapons.

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