Rotblat
Americannoun
noun
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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
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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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