Key topics: Verification of nuclear weapon dismantlement and energy strategies. Key discussion meetings included: the launch of Andrew Brown’s biography of Joseph Rotblat; ‘The Lessons of Fukushima’, and ‘Generating clean energy from sunlight and maintaining biodiversity’
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Keeper of the Nuclear Conscience: Launching Andrew Brown’s biography of Joseph Rotblat
British Pugwash, in conjunction with Oxford University Press, launched Andrew Brown’s biography of Joseph Rotblat, Keeper of the Nuclear Conscience at a packed meeting at UCL.
Rotblat – a nuclear physicist in the public eye 1944-1957
At the Annual Conference of the British Society for the History of Science, Exeter, British Pugwash organised a session on ‘Rotblat – a nuclear physicist in the public eye 1944-1957’.
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JOSEPH ROTBLAT CENTENTARY – The Strangest Dream
The Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs and the British Pugwash Pugwash Group hosted the European premiere in London on 10 December 2008 of The Strangest Dream, a new film about Joseph Rotblat, Pugwash, and nuclear weapons, produced by the National Film Board of Canada.
Joseph Rotblat’s Would-Be Advice to the New President
Joseph Rotblat’s Would-Be Advice to the New President (November 2008) uses quotes from Rotblat to demonstrate the need for leadership on nuclear weapons issues from the next US president. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, web edition, 4 November 2008
Professor Pugwash – The Man Who Fought Nukes
Kit Hill, Professor Pugwash: The Man Who Fought Nukes. Written for people of all ages and with the science accessibly explained, Kit Hill’s biographical sketch is a delightful introduction to one of the major figures of our times.