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Rotblat

American  
[rot-blat] / ˈrɒt blæt /

noun

  1. Joseph, 1908–2005, English physicist and anti–nuclear arms activist, born in Poland: Nobel Prize 1995.


Rotblat British  
/ ˈrɒtblæt /

noun

  1. See Pugwash conferences

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Ultimately, the only member of Los Alamos to register dissent was Joseph Rotblat, who quietly resigned on ethical grounds after learning in November 1944 that there was no active Nazi atomic bomb program.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2025

It means a lot if we don’t talk about Rotblat and instead center Oppenheimer.

From Scientific American Mar. 2, 2022

Disgusted, Rotblat departed the project a few months later and would spend his life working toward atomic nonproliferation.

From Scientific American Mar. 2, 2022

The Norwegian Nobel Committee gave its 1995 Peace Prize jointly to Rotblat, 86, and the Pugwash Conferences he still presides over.

From Time Magazine Archive

The selection of Rotblat and Pugwash, while something of a surprise, comes at a particularly opportune time.

From Time Magazine Archive

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