Joseph Rotblat, the bomb and anomalies from his archive

Sci Eng Ethics. 2013 Jun;19(2):487-90. doi: 10.1007/s11948-011-9345-4. Epub 2011 Dec 22.

Abstract

Professor Sir Joseph Rotblat made significant contributions to nuclear physics and worked on the development of the atomic bomb. He walked out of the Manhattan Project after working there for less than a year, the only scientist to do so. Rotblat gave a comprehensive account of his time at Los Alamos. His Archive is now becoming available and papers contained therein are inconsistent with some aspects of his account. The reasons as to how such anomalies and contradictions could occur are considered.

Publication types

  • Biography
  • Historical Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Archives*
  • England
  • History, 20th Century
  • Humans
  • Nuclear Physics / history*
  • Nuclear Weapons / history*
  • Poland
  • United States

Personal name as subject

  • Joseph Rotblat