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Andrew Brown shows in Keeper of the Nuclear Conscience, Joseph Rotblat's lifefrom an impoverished childhood in wartorn Warsaw to an active old age that brought honors and public

recognition, including the Nobel Peace Prizeis a compelling human story in itself.
What gives it added significance is Rotblat's singleminded dedication to peaceful causes, particularly his pursuit of nuclear disarmament,

Here is the first full biography of Joseph Rotblat based on complete access to his private papers, Brown describes how Rotblat overcame poverty and antiSemitism to become a nuclear physicist, becoming a key member of the British team that worked on the atomic bomb in England and with the Manhattan Project in America.
But Rotblat, appalled by the use of atomic bombs against the Japanese and deeply depressed by the brutal death of his wife in the Holocaust, soon became one of the prime architects of the antinuclear movement.
The book describes his postwar activities under the shadow of Britain's nuclear program, his first political and media encounters, his exposure of the hazards of radioactive fallout, and his friendship with Bertrand Russell.
Brown shows that Pugwash, the antinuclear group that Rotblat helped form, eventually established an invaluable backchannel link that penetrated the Iron Curtain, Indeed, it was a Pugwash office that facilitated the first meeting between Gorbachev and Reagan, Gorbachev's security advisers were heavily influenced by Pugwash ideas, especially the concept of nonoffensive defense in Europe,

Rotblat dedicated the last six decades of his life to peaceful causes and to efforts to uphold the ethical application of science, In this engaging biography, we discover a great man whose profound conscience shaped his life and work, and left an important legacy for future generations,
Andrew Brown is a journalist and writer editor of the Belief section of the Guardians Comment is Free as well as a weekly web column and other work.
He is author of Fishing in Utopia, The Darwin Wars: The Scientific Battle for the Soul of Man, and In the Beginning Was the Worm: Finding the Secrets of Life in a Tiny Hermaphrodite.
He has also been Religious Affairs correspondent for the Independent, Andrew Brown is a journalist and writer editor of the Belief section of the Guardian's Comment is Free as well as a weekly web column and other work.
He is author of "Fishing in Utopia", The Darwin Wars: The Scientific Battle for the Soul of Man, and In the Beginning Was the Worm: Finding the Secrets of Life in a Tiny Hermaphrodite.
He has also been Religious Affairs correspondent for the Independent, sitelink.