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Joseph Rotblat

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We are all influenced and affected by the culture in which we grew up in and the societies where we live. Those cultures shape our expectations, beliefs, goals, and values. Scientists, also, are shaped by the societies and cultures, which in turn, sway their work. For instance, a scientist may refuse to take part in a certain type of research because it clashes with their political view or personal beliefs. One scientist whose personal convictions, intensely affected the research in which he took on was Joseph Rotblat, a Polish-born physicist. In the year 1939, Joseph Rotblat became one of the very first scientist to take hold of the significance of splitting atoms---that the energy released by them could potentially be used to cause a chain

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