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
Disgusted, Rotblat departed the project a few months later and would spend his life working toward atomic nonproliferation.
From Scientific American • Mar. 2, 2022
Conversely, Rotblat simply ended his work with the Manhattan Project once he realized what its true purpose was.
From Scientific American • Mar. 2, 2022
The trim, sprightly Rotblat has been a celebrity among antinuclear activists for nearly half a century.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rotblat, who resigned from the Manhattan Project before it developed the first atom bomb, started the Pugwash Conference to work toward the eventual elimination of all nuclear weapons.
From Time Magazine Archive
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