At a time when science plays such a powerful role in the life of society, when the destiny of the whole of mankind may hinge on the results of scientific research, it is incumbent on all scientists to be fully conscious of that role, and conduct themselves accordingly.

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Joseph Rotblat was a 20th-century Polish physicist. 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. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Life — Reflections on the meaning, challenges, and beauty of life
  • Time — Reflections on the passage of time and how we spend it

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