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 2009-2010 Calendar

 Oct 12:Sakura Kone
 Nov 4:Roger Cohen
 Nov 19 toNov 26
 Hunger &Homelessness
 AwarenessWeek

 

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Kurt Gottfried

Spring 2005
--, --, Caltech

This event is free and open to the public;
no tickets or reservations are required.

Biography

Kurt Gottfried, co-founder and chair of the Union of Concerned Scientists, is emeritus professor of physics at Cornell University. Dr. Gottfried has served on the senior staff of the European Center for Nuclear Research in Geneva and is a former chair of the Division of Particles and Fields of the American Physical Society. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Council on Foreign Relations. A cofounder of UCS, he has served on the board since its inception and led the UCS critique of the "Star Wars" program. He is the author of Quantum Mechanics and Concepts of Particle Physics, and senior author of The Fallacy of Star Wars and Crisis Stability and Nuclear War.

About Union of Concerned Scientists

Established in 1969, The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) was created to advocate a cleaner, healthier environment and a safer world. UCS is a nonprofit partnership of scientists and citizens combining rigorous scientific analysis, innovative policy development and effective citizen advocacy to achieve practical environmental solutions.

For more information about Kurt Gottfried and Union of Concerned Scientists, go to the UCS website: http://www.ucsusa.org/.

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