Circa 200 persone (scienziati ed esperti nucleari) di una quarantina di Paesi hanno partecipato alla Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs che trae il nome dal villaggio in cui si tenne la prima riunione nel 1957, in seguito all'appello-manifesto di due anni prima lanciato da personalità eminenti come Albert Einstein e Bertrand Russell. Pubblichiamo il testo integrale del documento approvato.
“Let Nagasaki be the Last”, un nuovo appello per il disarmo nucleare
The story of the physicist Robert Oppenheimer is a controversial one, filled with both highlights and shadows. Although it has already been the subject of numerous biographies, it is now the focus of the eponymous film directed by Christopher Nolan. Fabio Terragni reviews it for 'Scienza in rete'.
It's true: Robert Oppenheimer didn't "invent" the atomic bomb. The most tragic achievement of 20th-century science and technology was the result of the first example of Big Science: the Manhattan Project, an unprecedented effort by the American government to outpace Nazi Germany, which cost over two billion dollars and involved tens of thousands of top-tier physicists, engineers, and technicians.
