1. Edition - May 2007
49.90 Euro
2007. XIV, 357 Pages, Hardcover
24 Fig.
- General Reading -
ISBN-10: 3-527-40690-5
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-40690-6 - Wiley-VCH, Berlin






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Short description
An exceptional work on Joseph Rotblat, the scientist who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts towards nuclear disarmament, with contributions by world-renowned scientists and Nobel Prize Laureates like H. Kroto, M. Gorbachev, and J. Steinberger.

From the contents
Part 1: Joseph Rotblat

Joseph Rotblat and Pugwash by Jack Harris
Joseph Rotblat: the Nuclear Physicist by John Finney
Joseph Rotblat: Professor of Physics at Bart's Hospital Medical School, 1949-1973 33 by Christopher R. Hill
Joseph Rotblat and Individual Responsibility by Robert A. Hinde
Joseph Rotblat and Peace by David Krieger
Rotblat and Pugwash: Some Personal Reminiscences by Francesco Calogero
Joseph Rotblat: Guiding Pugwash through the Cold War by Sandra Ionno Butcher

Part 2: In Memory of Joseph Rotblat
Commentaries by prominent scientists, Nobel Prize Laureates, friends, and colleagues like Michael Atiyah, Joyce Bazire, Reiner Braun, Sandra Ionno Butcher, Ana María Cetto, Paolo Cotta-Ramusino, Kim Dae-jung, Jayantha Dhanapala, Freeman Dyson, Mohamed ElBaradei, Michael Foot, Johan Galtung, Richard L. Garwin, Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Bryce Halliday, John P. Holdren, John R. Holt, Daisaku Ikeda, Fred Jerome, Bruce Kent, Michiji Konuma, Harold Kroto, Mikhail A. Lebedev, Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Ronald S. McCoy, Tom Milne, Maciej Nalecz, Götz Neuneck, John Polanyi, Martin Rees, Douglas Roche, Halina Sand, John Stachel, Jack Steinberger, Mark B. M. Suh, M.S. Swaminathan, Maj Britt Theorin, Jody Williams

Part 3: Appendix