Author: Joseph Rotblat

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But scientists on both sides of the iron curtain played a very significant role in maintaining the momentum of the nuclear arms race throughout the four decades of the Cold War.

But scientists on both sides of the iron curtain played a very significant role in maintaining the momentum of the nuclear arms race throughout the four decades of the Cold War.

- Joseph Rotblat

From my earliest days I had a passion for science.

From my earliest days I had a passion for science.

- Joseph Rotblat

The Cold War is over but Cold War thinking survives.

The Cold War is over but Cold War thinking survives.

- Joseph Rotblat

I saw science as being in harmony with humanity.

I saw science as being in harmony with humanity.

- Joseph Rotblat

This is the reality of nuclear weapons: they may trigger a world war; a war which, unlike previous ones, destroys all of civilization.

This is the reality of nuclear weapons: they may trigger a world war; a war which, unlike previous ones, destroys all of civilization.

- Joseph Rotblat

My third appeal is to my fellow citizens in all countries: Help us to establish lasting peace in the world.

My third appeal is to my fellow citizens in all countries: Help us to establish lasting peace in the world.

- Joseph Rotblat

Indeed, the whole human species is endangered, by nuclear weapons or by other means of wholesale destruction which further advances in science are likely to produce.

Indeed, the whole human species is endangered, by nuclear weapons or by other means of wholesale destruction which further advances in science are likely to produce.

- Joseph Rotblat

Since the end of the Cold War two main nuclear powers have begun to make big reductions in their nuclear arsenals. Each of them is dismantling about 2,000 nuclear warheads a year.

Since the end of the Cold War two main nuclear powers have begun to make big reductions in their nuclear arsenals. Each of them is dismantling about 2,000 nuclear warheads a year.

- Joseph Rotblat

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