Soviet Science in Danger

Fundamental science in the former Soviet Union faces dangers that could lead to catastrophe. The situation for fundamental science is different from those confronting applied science in general and Soviet military technology in particular. Applied science has its own ways to accommodate itself to a market economy, while the proliferation of Soviet nuclear technology is a special problem that has attracted the attention of politicians throughout the world. I will leave such other fields aside and instead speak only on fundamental science, which seems helpless.