3 December 2020 Joseph Rotblat I did not imagine that the second half of my life would be spent on efforts to avert a mortal danger to humanity created by science.
3 December 2020 Joseph Rotblat But the first the general public learned about the discovery was the news of the destruction of Hiroshima by the atom bomb. A splendid achievement of science and technology had turned malign. Science became identified with death and destruction.
3 December 2020 Joseph Rotblat Indeed, the whole human species is endangered, by nuclear weapons or by other means of wholesale destruction which further advances in science are likely to produce.
3 December 2020 Joseph Rotblat My third appeal is to my fellow citizens in all countries: Help us to establish lasting peace in the world.