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Biography
Sir Joseph Rotblat was a Polish and British physicist. During World War II he worked on Tube Alloys and the Manhattan Project, but left the Los Alamos Laboratory on grounds of conscience after it became clear to him in 1944 that Germany had ceased development of an atomic bomb.
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Awards & recognition
- Jamnalal Bajaj Award · 1999
- Nobel Peace Prize · 1995
- Albert Einstein Peace Prize · 1992
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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- Fellow of the American Physical Society
- Fellow of the Royal Society
- Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
