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FLI-Nuclear-Open-Letter-Poster.Pdf Professor of Computer Science Curie Fellow, PostDoc Computing Science, Fellow, Sloan Foundation Nicolas Guiblin CentraleSupélec, Université de Paris-Saclay, lab Clancy William James ECAP, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, of Electrical Engineering, Fellow, Institution of Engineers (India) and Bjorn Landfeldt Lund University, Professor of Electrical Engineering Immunology, FRS FMedSci Laureate in Physics Fellow, Association for Psychological Science Mingming Wu Cornell University, Professor of Biological and Phoebe C. Ellsworth UNiversity of Michigan, Professor of Psychology Technische Universität Vienna Vincent Craig Research School of Physics, Australian National Daniel Winkler David Duvenaud University of Toronto, Assistant Professor of engineer in X-ray diffraction Astroparticle physicist, 2010 Bragg Gold Medal winner Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) Oscar Agertz Lund University, Assistant Professor in Astrophysics A David Caplin Imperial College London, Emeritus Professor of H. Robert Horvitz MIT, Professor of Biology, 2002 Nobel Prize in Seth Stein Northwestern University, Deering Professor of Earth & Environmental Engineering Janice R. Naegele Wesleyan University, Professor of Biology, Ryan Kiggins University of Central Oklahoma, Instructor of Political University, Professor of Physical Chemistry Ahmad Salti University of Innsbruck, Researcher in Molecular Computer Science Leonhard Neuhaus Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, PostDoc in physics Dmitry Malyshev Erlangen-Nuremberg University, Postdoc Dr. Kalyan Prasad Sinhamahapatra IIT Kharagpur, Professor Jonas Olson Stockholm University, Professor of Philosophy Physics Medicine, 2002 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Planetary Sciences, James B. Macelwane Medal of the American Barbara L. Finlay Cornell University, WR Kenan Jr Professor of Neuroscience, Member, Connecticut Academy of Sciences and Science Bea Bleile University of New England, Armidale. NSW, Australia, Biology Walter Whiteley York Univerisity, Toronto, Canada, Professor of Julien Robert Institut Néel - CNRS, Scientist in Physics Ruslan Temirov Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, Research group of Aerospace Engineering, Fellow of Institue of Engineers, Chair An Open Letter from Scientists in Joachim Schnadt Lund University, Sweden, Professor of Physics Sir John Ball University of Oxford, Sedleian Professor of Natural John C. Mather, Senior Astrophyisicst, 2006 Nobel Laureate in Geophysical Union, the George Woollard Award of the Geological Psychology (Neuroscience) Engineering Boris Debic Google Inc, Croatian Physical Society, The Mars Society, Chief Senior Lecturer in Mathematics Martin Scheicher Universität Innsbruck, Austria, PostDoc in Mathematics and Statistics Danila Gentiana University of Paris 7, Mathematician leader Professor Flavius Gruian Lund University, Assistant Professor Philosophy Physics Society of America, the Stephan Mueller Medal of the European Robert Savit University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Professor of Daniel Hsu Columbia University, Assistant Professor of Computer History Officer, Google Inc. (MS Physics, curr CS Phd), UNHCR Special Wasim Saman University of South Australia, Professor of Sustainable Mathematics Steve Easterbrook University of Toronto, Professor of Computer Perry Naughton University of California, San Diego, PhD Candidate Alexander Kappes Julius Maximilians University of Wuerzburg, N B Ballal IIT Bombay, Emeritus Fellow Fredrik Kahl Chalmers University of Technology, Professor Kenneth Bray University of Cambridge, Emeritus Professor John L Hall University of Colorado, Boulder CO USA, Professor, Geosciences Union, the Price Medal of the Royal Astronomical Physics Science Commendation (1992) Energy Engineering Adrian Martin Fernandez Institute for Mathematics and Scientific Science in Electrical Engineering, NSF GRFP, NSF IGERT trainee, Physics grad student Gunasekaran Karuppanan Anna university, Associate Professor, Jon Grumer Malmö University, Sweden, PhD in Physics, Senior Carl Holt University of Glasgow, UK, Emeritus Professor 2005 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Republic of France Légion d›Honneur Society, and a Humboldt Foundation Research Award. 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Gidley University of Michigan, Emeritus Professor of Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, AAAS Fellow Geophysics, Mathematics and Physics, Member, Royal Swedish Milan Curcic University of Miami, Postdoctoral Associate Professor Geology Daniel Smertnig University of Graz, Postdoc in Mathematics Fred Colbourne University of Alberta, Professor of Psychology, Redouane Lguensat IMT Atlantique, PhD student in Information of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, Senior Research Scientist Premraj Pushpakaran NITC, Professor Anders Irbäck Lund University, Professor of Theoretical Physics Kostas Stathis Royal Holloway, University of London, Professor of Richard J. Roberts New England Biolabs, Chief Scientific Officer, Physics, Fellow, American Physical Society J. Nicholas Newman MIT, Emeritus Professor of Naval Architecture Academy of Sciences; Fellow, American Physical Society Jason Chaw, Computer Science Researcher Ross W Griffiths Australian National University, Emeritus Professor Sabrina Marozin University of Salzburg, Senior Fellow Canada Research Chair Science and Technology Andreas Tiedemann Forschungszentrum Jülich, Material Scientist Alok Shukla Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Sandra Pott Lund University, Sweden, Professor of Mathematics Computer Science 1993 Nobel Laureate in Physiology/Medicine Susan Carey Harvard University, Fellow of NAS, Professor of Andrew Howard California Institute of Technology, Professor of David Robert Nygren University of Texas at Arlington, Presidential Michael E. Stewart, Chairman/CEO at Lucid.ai of Geophysics Sandra Rizzi Univeristy of Innsbruck, Neuroscience/Stem Cell Chris Westbury University of Alberta, Professor of Psychology Bertrand Evrard, Physics PhD student Jayant Pande Friedrich-Alexander-Univversity Erlangen-Nuremberg, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076 INDIA, Professor of Physics Nuclear arms are the only weapons of mass destruction not yet prohibited by an international convention, even though they are the most destructive and indis- Ronnie Wirestam Lund University, Professor of Medical Radiation Greg Michaelson Heriot-Watt University, Professor of Computer David Politzer Caltech, Professor of Physics, 2004 Nobel Laureate in Psychology, NAS, AAAS Astronomy Distinguished Professor, Member, US National Academy of Science Joseph Betthauser Johns Hopkins University, Electrical engineering PhD Zbigniew Stachurski Australian National University, Professor of Research, PostDoc Todd L. Lowary University of Alberta, Professor of Chemistry Pierre-Philippe Crépin Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel, Quantum Germany, Post-doctoral researcher Pradeep Sarin IIT Bombay, India, Professor of Physics Physics Science Physics Lloyd Knox UC Davis, Professor of Physics, Fellow of the American John Francis Northwestern University, Assistant Professor of Joan E Strassmann Washington University in St. Louis, Professor of candidate Materials Science and Engineering Károly Zsolnai-Fehér Two Minute Papers, Researcher Pierre Boulager University of Alberta, Professor of Computer Science Physics PhD Student Sabine Wellhöfer Institute of Electrical Energy Systems, FAU Shiva Shankar Chennai Mathematical Institute, Professor (of Applied criminate weapons ever created. We scientists bear a special responsibility for nuclear weapons, since it was scientists who invented them and discovered that their Philipp Birken Lund University, Associate Professor of Numerical Subramanian Ramamoorthy [email protected], Associate Edward Witten Institute for Advanced Study, Professor of Physics, Physical Society Mathematics
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