Scientists in the Quest for Peace: A History of the Pugwash Conferences

by Joseph Rotblat

In 1957, leading scientists from all over the world came together informally at a meeting in Pugwash, Nova Scotia. The twenty-two men talked personally, putting aside ideological and political differences of every kind. The meeting was unofficial; they represented no one but themselves. Their aim was to pool their special knowledge and experience in searching for the means to avert nuclear disaster. One of the many results of that historic first discussion...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262180545
• ISBN13: 9780262180542
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 399 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.