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Science, Social Responsibility and the Atom Bomb
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Websites
Pugwash
www.pugwash.org
Read more of Rotblat's own thoughts on world peace.
World Nuclear Association
www.world-nuclear.org
For current information and history on the use and development of atomic weapons and atomic energy.
NuclearFiles.org
www.nuclearfiles.org
For a good potted history of the Manhattan Project.
Einstein's letters
http://hypertextbook.com/eworld/einstein.shtml
Includes four letters that Einstein wrote to President Roosevalt.
Edward Teller
'Father of the hydrogen bomb' Edward Teller is accused of trying to arm the US to the teeth, and of helping ruin a brilliant colleague. But after a lifetime of military involvement he remains unbowed.
Einstein's Forgotten Legacy – The Pugwash Conferences
Pugwash is an organisation devoted to bringing ethics to science. It has been a major player in encouraging world peace. It has even been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Yet Pugwash remain relatively anonymous.
Books
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Brighter Than a Thousand Suns: A personal history of the atomic scientists by Robert Jungk (Harcourt Publishers, 1970)
Non-scientific account of the Manhattan Project with interviews from those who were involved in making the atomic bomb.
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes (Simon and Schuster, 1998)
History of the bomb, including characters, politics and ethics.
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Nuclear Weapons by Joseph Rotblat (Westview Press, 1998)
A primer on the current state of nuclear disarmament, this volume of essays, edited by the winner of the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize, provides an argument for the merits of a nuclear weapon-free world and outlines the steps needed to attain that goal. It assesses recent efforts by scholars, military leaders and political figures in advocating the elimination of nuclear weapons, and focuses on the major dilemmas of disarmament, including verification, nuclear theft, and diplomatic and security issues.
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The Physicists: The history of a scientific community in modern America by Daniel J Kevles (Harvard University Press, 1987)
A fairly scholarly but very interesting account of the Manhattan Project.
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Rober Openheimer: Letters and recollections by R J Openheimer, A K Smith and C Weiner (Harvard University Press, 1990)
Excellent series of letters and memories from the ex-scientific director of the Manhattan Project.
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