Following the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Vatican expressed its disapproval and made reference to an individual who had suppressed details of a certain invention owing to the damage it might cause. Who was that individual, and what was the invention?

TabbyTom

The individual was Leonardo da Vinci and the invention was thre submarine. http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/holton/holton_p5.html Aug 09 05, 1:40 AM

lanfranco

Right you are, TT. The Vatican statement was correct in that Leonardo, discussing his work on a submarine, wrote that he would not go into detail lest "evil" men use the information in order to destroy ships. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/apr2003/leon-a21.shtml Aug 09 05, 6:49 AM

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