Joseph Rotblat's guest appearances

Joseph Rotblat

Great Lives

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1996-2000

Dick Francis

Rick Stein

Sybille Bedford

Ian McKellen

Michael Young

Yanis Varoufakis

Lucy Porter

Alfred Hitchcock

Elie Wiesel

Toni Morrison

Sammy Davis Jr

Ben Miller

Oliver Sacks

Richard Feynman

Kurt Vonnegut

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Astronomer Royal Sir Martin Rees tells Matthew Parris why his hero, physicist Joseph Rotblat, lived a "great life". Rotblat was a brilliant physicist who was the only scientist to resign from the Manhattan Project once it became clear that Germany would not make an atomic bomb. Rotblat believed that all scientists have a moral obligation to work for the benefit of mankind, and spent his life campaigning against the proliferation of nuclear weapons.Joining Lord Rees and Matthew Parris in the studio is Rotblat's friend and colleague Kit Hill.

Astronomer Royal Sir Martin Rees tells Matthew Parris why his hero, physicist Joseph Rotblat, lived a "great life". Rotblat was a brilliant physicist who was the only scientist to resign from the Manhattan Project once it became clear that Germany would not make an atomic bomb. Rotblat believed that all scientists have a moral obligation to work for the benefit of mankind, and spent his life campaigning against the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Joining Lord Rees and Matthew Parris in the studio is Rotblat's friend and colleague Kit Hill.

Sue Lawley's castaway this morning is the nuclear physicist and Nobel Peace Laureate, Professor Sir Joseph Rotblat. During World War II he quit the notorious Manhattan Project to develop the atom bomb when he realised that 'nothing good can come out of evil'. Fifty years later he is still committed to multilateral disarmament and the pursuit of peace.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: A Rill will be a Stream, a Stream will be a Flood by Swedish Physicians in Concert for the Prevention of Nuclear WarBook: Encyclopaedia Britannica on CD-RomLuxury: Solar-powered laptop

Sue Lawley's castaway this morning is the nuclear physicist and Nobel Peace Laureate, Professor Sir Joseph Rotblat. During World War II he quit the notorious Manhattan Project to develop the atom bomb when he realised that 'nothing good can come out of evil'. Fifty years later he is still committed to multilateral disarmament and the pursuit of peace. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: A Rill will be a Stream, a Stream will be a Flood by Swedish Physicians in Concert for the Prevention of Nuclear War Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica on CD-Rom Luxury: Solar-powered laptop