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
Conversely, Rotblat simply ended his work with the Manhattan Project once he realized what its true purpose was.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 2, 2022
“Science became identified with death and destruction,” Rotblat said in his Nobel lecture as he described the inception of the atomic age.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 2, 2022
Rotblat refocused his scientific attention on possible medical uses of nuclear reactions and radiation; he also began his lifelong commitment to nuclear disarmament.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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