Joseph Rotblat - Visionary for Peace
Published on 31. May 2007
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371 pages
978-3-527-61126-3 (ISBN)
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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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'...fascinating sets of essays...good place for life scientists to begin considering their dual-use problem" (Nature, 26th July 2007)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Weinheim
Germany
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Professional and scholarly
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Height: 214 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
687 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-527-61126-3 (9783527611263)
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Person
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.
Content
Portrait J. Rotblat.Dedication (Robert A. Hinde).Preface.The Editors.Part 1: Joseph Rotblat.Joseph Rotblat and Pugwash (Jack Harris).Joseph Rotblat: the Nuclear Physicist (John Finney).Joseph Rotblat: Professor of Physics at Bart's Hospital Medical School, 1949-1973 (Christopher R. Hill).Joseph Rotblat and Individual Responsibility (Robert A. Hinde).Joseph Rotblat and Peace (David Krieger).Rotblat and Pugwash: Some Personal Reminiscences (Francesco Calogero).Joseph Rotblat: Guiding Pugwash through the Cold War (Sandra Ionno Butcher).Part 2: In Memory of Joseph Rotblat.Jo Rotblat: Man With a Cause (Michael Atiyah).Jozef Rotblat: My Friend (Joyce Bazire)."I Have Lived Two Lives" (Reiner Braun).An Open Letter to My Son on the Death of Joseph Rotblat (Sandra Ionno Butcher).Si Vis Pacem Para Pacem: On the Contribution of Joseph Rotblat to the Broader Pugwash Agenda (Ana Mar a Cetto).Remembrances: In Memory of Joseph Rotblat (Paolo Cotta-Ramusino).Sir Joseph Rotblat: Visionary for Peace (Kim Dae-jung).Encounters With Sir Joseph Rotblat (Jayantha Dhanapala).Recollections (Freeman Dyson).Comment on the Contribution of Sir Joseph Rotblat (Mohamed ElBaradei).A Personal Tribute to Joseph Rotblat (Michael Foot).A Letter to Joseph Rotblat (Johan Galtung).Recollections of Joseph Rotblat (Richard L. Garwin).Joseph Rotblat: a Great and Eventful Life (Mikhail S. Gorbachev).Professor Rotblat and the Atom Train (Bryce Halliday).Retrospective: Joseph Rotblat (1908-2005) (John P. Holdren).Sir Joseph Rotblat in Liverpool (John R. Holt).Memories of Dr. Rotblat (Daisaku Ikeda).Jo Rotblat (Fred Jerome).Sir Joseph Rotblat: From Nuclear Disarmament to the Abolition of War (Bruce Kent).Personal Contacts With Sir Joseph Rotblat (Michiji Konuma).An Exceptional Human Being (Harold Kroto).Sir Joseph Rotblat: A Few Strokes to the Portrait of a Great Scientist and Humanist (Mikhail A. Lebedev).Sir Joseph Rotblat: A Man of Vision (Mairead Corrigan Maguire).A Tribute to Sir Joseph Rotblat (Ronald S. McCoy).Joseph Rotblat (Tom Milne).A Great Man and a Close Friend (Maciej Nalecz).Joseph Rotblat: The Elimination of Nuclear Weapons and the Social Conscience of Scientists: "Above all - remember your humanity" (Gotz Neuneck).How Many Minutes to Midnight? A High-Level Panel Convenes to Check the State of the "Doomsday Clock" (John Polanyi).Joseph Rotblat: Peacemaker (Martin Rees).Rotblat Appreciation (Douglas Roche).The Elder Niece's Tale (Halina Sand).Einstein on the Military Mentality, and Rotblat on the Culture of Violence (John Stachel).In Recognition of the Legacy of Joseph Rotblat (Jack Steinberger).Rotblat and Korea (Mark B. M. Suh).Jo Rotblat and Enduring Human Security (M. S. Swaminathan).Joseph Rotblat (Maj Britt Theorin).Sir Joseph (Jody Williams).Part 3: Appendix.The Russell-Einstein Manifesto.Nuclear Energy Hazards in War and Peace (Joseph Rotblat).Leaving the Bomb Project (Joseph Rotblat).Time to Rethink the Idea of World Government (Joseph Rotblat).The Nuclear Age - A Curse and a Challenge (Joseph Rotblat).Remember Your Humanity (Joseph Rotblat).The Crime and Punishment of Mordechai Vanunu (Joseph Rotblat).The Nuclear Issue: Pugwash and the Bush Policies (Joseph Rotblat).Curriculum Vitae.List of Contributors.Acknowledgments.