
Scientists Must Rise in Defense of Democracy
Now is the moment to act so that we never have to experience an authoritarian version of the U.S.
Frank von Hippel is a senior research physicist and professor of public and international affairs emeritus in the Program on Science and Global Security at Princeton University.
Now is the moment to act so that we never have to experience an authoritarian version of the U.S.
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