QUEST FOR GLOBAL PEACE
Description
One of the "inventors" of the nuclear bomb, Sir Joseph Rotblat very soon turned away from weapons research to make a prolonged and principled stand against the dangeof nuclear proliferation. A physicist of great brilliance, he metamorphosed into a campaigner of admired moral conviction and leadership. This series of dialogues between two leading ethical thinkebrings together the courage and humanity of Rotblat with the spiritual wisdom and global visionary outlook of Diasakos Ikeda, the leader of the world's largest and most influential lay Buddhist organization. Together they reflect on fundamental issues of war and peace, the ethics of nuclear deterrence and the trajectory of Joseph Rootlet's career, from the Manhattan Project to the Pigwash Conference and his Nobel Prize. Rotblat's life-long mantra was that scientists have a moral responsibility to save lives, not destroy them. The integrity of both writeemerges powerfully and inspiringly from their wide-ranging discussions, which serve as a stark warning against the dangeof a resurgent atomic weapons race.
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Book Details
- ISBN: 1845112792
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- Format: Paperback
- Publication Date: 2006
- Number of Pages: 157
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- Publisher: I B TAURIS CO LTD
- Language: English
- Weight: 0.3 g
