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1 online resource (xviii, 347 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-328) and index. |
Summary |
Biography of British scientist who grew up in Poland, studied nuclear physics, left the Manhattan Project during World War II, promoted peace and social responsbility, created the influential Pugwash Conferences, and shared the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize. |
Contents |
Growing up in Warsaw -- Liverpool -- Paradise denied -- The bitterness of victory -- Stepping off the atomic train -- Bart's, Bikini, and the BBC -- Remember your humanity -- Pugwash -- Of mice and Moscow -- Towards a test ban -- Eggheads and warheads -- Years of eclipse -- Latent progress -- Reaching for the impossible? -- An old man in a hurry. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Rotblat, Joseph, 1908-2005.
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Rotblat, Joseph, 1908-2005. |
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Rotblat, Joseph. |
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Nuclear physicists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Nuclear physicists. |
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Great Britain. |
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Biographies.
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Nuclear physicists -- Poland -- Biography.
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Poland. |
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Pacifists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Pacifists. |
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Nobel Prize winners -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Nobel Prize winners. |
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Biographie.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Brown, Andrew, 1950 August 12- Keeper of the nuclear conscience. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012 9780199586585 (DLC) 2011945225 (OCoLC)751831996 |
ISBN |
9780191632938 (electronic book) |
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0191632937 (electronic book) |
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1283804417 |
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9781283804417 |
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9780199586585 |
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0199586586 |
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