His family was so poor he originally trained to be a domestic electrician. He worked his way through the university system in Poland and became a leading authority in physics, particularly nuclear physics. Knowing what nuclear fallout did, he was committed to peace, a mover shaker along with Bertrand Russell and a gaggle of Nobel Laureates and laureates-to-be in the extremely influential Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, named after the town in Nova Scotia they could all afford (in terms of time as well as money) to gather in at the same time. He joined the ranks of the laureates with the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995. He lived to be 96. He was adored. Each of the brilliant contributions to this collection of articles about Rotblat's life and legacy reflects his light, and the authors range from Rotblat himself to Mohammed ElBaradei, Mikhail Gorbachev and Martin Reese. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Sir Joseph Rotblat (1908-2005), British physicist and one of the most prominent critics of the nuclear arms race, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995 in conjunction with the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, an organization of scientists which he headed at the time, for their efforts towards nuclear disarmament.
'Joseph Rotblat - Visionary for Peace' is dedicated to the life of this unique scientist and humanist. It contains contributions by Nobel Laureates, eminent scholars and prominent politicians who, each from their own perspective, shed light on the life and work of this distinguished scientist.
An introduction by the editors is followed by five central articles on Rotblat's biography, the impact of his work on science and peace and the Pugwash organization. The third part of the book consists of over 20 commentaries, written by the likes of Martin Rees, Mikhail Gorbachev, Jack Steinberger, Mohamed ElBaradei, Paul J.Crutzen, and Mairead Corrigan Maguire.
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"An important book." (CHOICE, January 2008) fascinating sets of essaysgood place for life scientists to begin considering their dual-use problem and what might be best done about it. (Nature, 26th July 2007) "Die vorliegende Sammlung, von dem deutschen Wissenschaftsjournalisten Reiner Braun mitherausgegebenen, enthält mit ihren kurzen Essays von Freunden und Kollegen zahlreiche Würdigungen und auch private Erinnerungen?" DAAD Literatur Letter Dezember 2007
"Das Buch befasst sich ausgiebig mit Rotblats rastlosen Bestrebungen, den nuklearen Geist wieder in die Flasche zu bekommen." Physik Journal Dezember 2007
"Man hätte das Wesentliche auf wenigen Seiten übermitteln können. Unangenehm aufgefallen ist mir, was dagegen alles nicht in diesem Buch steht?" Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau Januar 2008
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1. The Life of Joseph Rotblat (J.Harris) |
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2. Joseph Rotblat: His Scientific Impact (J.Finney, K.Hill) |
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3. Joseph Rotblat and the Responsibility of Scientists (R.Hinde) |
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4. Joseph Rotblat and Peace (D.Krieger) |
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5. Joseph Rotblat and Pugwash (F.Calogero) |
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The importance and appraisal of Joseph Rotblat; commentaries by prominent scientists, Nobel Prize Laureates, friends, and colleagues like H.Kroto, |
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M.Gorbachev, J.Steinberger, M.el-Baradei, P.J.Crutzen, M.Corrigan-Maguire, G.Neuneck, D.Roche, C.Montonen, J.Williams, J.Galtung, and A.M.Cetto |
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Reiner Braun studied German Literature, History and Journalism. Since 1982, he has been actively involved in the Peace Movement, working as Executive Director for Scientist for Peace and Sustainability (Germany) and the International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility (INES). Since 2004, Reiner Braun has been working for various projects related to the Einstein Year 2005 at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin and for the Max Planck Society.
Robert A. Hinde, CBE, FRS, FBA, took a degree in biology at the University of Cambridge and a D.Phil. at the University of Oxford. He was later awarded a Royal Society Research Professorship, and worked at Cambridge on animal behaviour using monkeys as models for assessing the effects of brief periods of maternal deprivation. Since the mid-seventies he worked on human personal relationships, with special reference to the relationships between individuals in human families. He was Master of St. John's College, Cambridge, from 1989-1994, and since then has written on the bases of religion and morality in human nature, and on the causes of international war. He is Chair of the British Pugwash Group.
David Krieger received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Hawaii. He is a founder of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and has served as its president since 1982. He has initiated many global projects seeking peace in the Nuclear Age and the abolition of nuclear weapons, and provided leadership to these projects. He is the author and editor of numerous books on peace, disarmament and global security.
Harold Kroto received a B.Sc. (Chemistry, 1961) and a Ph.D. (Molecular Spectroscopy, 1964) from the University of Sheffield, England. After postdoctoral work at the National Research Council (Ottawa, Canada) and Bell Telephone Laboratories (Murray Hill, NJ USA) he started his academic career at the University of Sussex, England, in 1967. He became a professor in 1985 and a Royal Society Research Professor in 1991. In 1996 he was knighted for his contributions to chemistry and later that year, together with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley (of Rice University, Houston, Texas), received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the discovery of C60 Buckminsterfullerene, a new form of carbon.
Sally Milne graduated in Modern History from the University of Exeter, England, in 1964. She worked in the World Bank Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome, Italy, then returned to the UK to pursue her professional career in education and training. From 1992 to 2002, she edited papers for the Pugwash Conferences, and went on to become Personal Assistant to Professor Sir Joseph Rotblat until 2005. She is currently the Executive Secretary for British Pugwash and brought the US PeaceJam Education Programme to the UK in 2006.
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