Meredith Thring

Meredith Wooldridge Thring (17 December 1915 – 15 September 2006) was a British inventor, engineer, futurologist, professor and author. Quotes I vow to strive to apply my professional skills only to projects which, after conscientious examination, I believe to contribute to the goal of coexistence of all human beings in peace, human dignity and self-fulfillment. I believe that this goal requires the provision of an adequate supply of the necessities of life (good food, air, water, clothing and housing, access to natural and man-made beauty), education, and opportunities to enable each person to work out for himself his life objectives and to develop creativeness and skill in the use of hands as well as head. I vow to struggle through my work to minimise danger; noise; strain or invasion of privacy of the individual; pollution of earth, air or water; destruction of natural beauty, mineral resources and wildlife. "Scientist’s Oath", in New Scientist (7 January 1971); quoted as epigraph in Carl C. Gaither and Alma E. Cavazos-Gaither (eds.) Scientifically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations (Bristol and Philadelphia: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2000) front matter See also: Hippocratic Oath External links Category:1915 births Category:2006 deaths Category:Inventors Category:Engineers from England Category:Authors from England Category:University of Cambridge alumni Category:People from Melbourne