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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

Conversely, Rotblat simply ended his work with the Manhattan Project once he realized what its true purpose was.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 2, 2022

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

From Scientific American ● Mar. 2, 2022

Rotblat went back to England, and it was over the BBC that he heard the news of the bombing of Hiroshima.

From Time Magazine Archive

The trim, sprightly Rotblat has been a celebrity among antinuclear activists for nearly half a century.

From Time Magazine Archive

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