Rabinowitch was a professor of botany and biophysics at the University of Illinois and was also a founding member of the Continuing Committee for the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. He founded the magazine with physicist Hyman Goldsmith. The founder and first editor of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists was biophysicist Eugene Rabinowitch (1901–1973). In the 1950s, the Bulletin was involved in the formation of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, annual conferences of scientists concerned about nuclear proliferation, and, more broadly, the role of science in modern society. As of August 2018, the Bulletin's Board of Sponsors boasts 14 Nobel Laureates In 2015, the Bulletin unveiled its Doomsday Dashboard, an interactive infographic that illustrates some of the data the Bulletin's Science and Security Board takes into account when deciding the time of the Clock each year. The Doomsday Clock is used to represent threats to humanity from a variety of sources: nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, climate change, and disruptive technologies. The Clock has been set forward and back over the years as circumstances have changed as of 2020 it is set at 100 seconds to midnight. The minute hand of the Clock first moved closer to midnight in response to changing world events in 1949, following the first Soviet nuclear test. To convey the particular peril posed by nuclear weapons, the Bulletin devised the Doomsday Clock in 1947, with an original setting of seven minutes to midnight. In 1945 the public interest in atomic warfare and weaponry inspired contributors to the Bulletin to attempt to inform those interested about the dangers of the nuclear arms race they knew was coming and about the destruction that atomic war could bring about. One of the driving forces behind the creation of the Bulletin was the amount of public interest surrounding atomic energy and rapid technological change at the dawn of the Atomic Age. The organization is also the keeper of the internationally recognized Doomsday Clock, the time of which is announced each January. The organization has been publishing continuously since 1945, when it was founded by former Manhattan Project scientists as the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists of Chicago immediately following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Bulletin publishes content at both a free-access website and a bi-monthly, nontechnical academic journal. in political science from Columbia University.The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is a nonprofit organization concerning science and global security issues resulting from accelerating technological advances that have negative consequences for humanity. in history from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. In 2008, Crain’s Chicago Business newspaper named her one of 20 Women to Watch in 2008, and Today’s Chicago Women magazine listed her as one of 100 Women to Watch in 2012. She has done extensive research on the changing US energy landscape and the implications for US foreign policy. She is an expert on Middle East Policy and National Security. Prior to her appointment at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientistsin February 2015, Bronson served as the Vice President of Studies at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the senior fellow and director of Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Bronson is the author of Thicker than Oil: America’s Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabia (Oxford University Press, 2006). She is also a senior fellow for global energy at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. She currently serves as the Executive Director and Publisher of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Rachel Bronson is an American political scientist.
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