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About PugwashThe Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs is a world-wide network of scientists that aims to raise awareness of the ethical issues that science must confront. It was set up in the 1950s by some of the most prominent scientists of their day, many of whom were involved in the American Atom Bomb project. They were bound together by the Russell-Einstein Manifesto, but the group is still very active today. In 1995 Joseph Rotblat (Co-founder of Pugwash) and Pugwash received the Nobel Peace Prize in equal parts for their efforts to diminish the part played by nuclear arms in international politics and, in the longer run, to eliminate such arms. |
About Student PugwashThe Student Pugwash Society in Cambridge is one of the many student branches of Pugwash. It was established in June 2000.Student Pugwash encourages young people to examine the ethical, social and global implications of science and technology, and to make these concerns a guiding focus of their academic and professional endeavours. At Cambridge we have regular meetings to provide an opportunity for discussion of Pugwash-related topics. Each term guest speakers are also invited to talk on the many complexities surrounding these issues. |
Events of Interest4th UK National Student Pugwash ConferenceRegistration for the 4th Annual Student Pugwash UK conference, entitled 'Lessons from the Bomb: Can science provide a secure and sustainable world', is now open. Information about the conference and registration procedure is available on the website: http://www.student-pugwash.org/uk/Application%20form.htm.Student Pugwash UK (SPUK) will host the 4th Annual SPUK Conference from 29 April to 2 May 2005 at Imperial College, London. 2005 is the World Year of Physics, but it is also the 60th commemoration of the explosions of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombs, the 50th anniversary of the Russell-Einstein Manifesto and 10 years since Pugwash received the Nobel Peace Prize along with Sir Joseph Rotblat for work in nuclear disarmament. This Conference aims to take stock of the role of science in the quest for sustainability and security, and to trace possible trajectories that current policies hold for the future. We are saluting the work of the past, but rolling up our sleeves as the next generation. see also future events |
Recent Articles and Websites of Interest
Bush, Iran and the Bomb from the 24th February 2005 New York Review of Books contains interesting analyses of the stand-off between the US and Iran over Iran's nuclear programme.
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