Joseph Rotblat

Sir Joseph Rotblat was a Polish and British physicist. During World War II he worked on Tube Alloys and the Manhattan Project, but left the Los Alamos Laboratory on grounds of conscience after it became clear to him in 1944 that Germany had ceased development of an atomic bomb. His work on nuclear fallout was a major contribution toward the ratification of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. A signatory of the 1955 Russell–Einstein Manifesto, he was secretary-general of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs from their founding until 1973 and... Wikipedia

• Born:  Józef Rotblat, November 4, 1908, Warsaw, Congress Poland
• Age at death:  96 years
• Died:  August 31, 2005, London, United Kingdom
• Nationality:  Polish-British
• Fields:  Physics
• Institutions:  Scientific Society of Warsaw, Free University of Poland, University of Warsaw, University of Liverpool, Los Alamos National Laboratory, St Bartholomew's Hospital, University of London, University of Edinburgh
• Alma mater:  Free University of Poland, University of Warsaw, University of Liverpool, University of London
• Thesis:  Determination of a number of neutrons emitted from a source (1950)
• Known for:  Campaigning for nuclear disarmament, Manhattan Project, Hippocratic Oath for scientists
• Notable awards:  Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (1998), Nobel Peace Prize (1995), Fellow of the Royal Society (1995), Albert Einstein Peace Prize (1992), Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1965)
• Spouse:  Tola Gryn