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Author:

Brown, Andrew, 1950 Aug. 12-

Title:

Keeper of the nuclear conscience : the life and work of Joseph Rotblat / Andrew Brown.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xviii, 347 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Rotblat, Joseph,--1908-2005.
Nuclear physicists--Great Britain--Biography.
Nuclear physicists--Poland--Biography.
Pacifists--Great Britain--Biography.
Nobel Prize winners--Great Britain--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-328) and index.

Contents:

Growing up in Warsaw -- Liverpool -- Paradise denied -- The bitterness of victory -- Stepping off the atomic train -- Bart's, Bikini, and the BBC -- Remember your humanity -- Pugwash -- Of mice and Moscow -- Towards a test ban -- Eggheads and warheads -- Years of eclipse -- Latent progress -- Reaching for the impossible? -- An old man in a hurry.

Summary:

Biography of British scientist who grew up in Poland, studied nuclear physics, left the Manhattan Project during World War II, promoted peace and social responsibility, created the influential Pugwash Conferences, and shared the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize.

ISBN:

0199586586
9780199586585

OCLC:

(OCoLC)751831996

LCCN:

2011945225

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)