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2010: Science Matters!!! 2010: Science matters!!! http://www.nauka2010.com/elpart/nauka2010/science/signed.php Signatories 1. Pavel Wiegmann, University of Chicago; 2. Professor Paolo Furlan, Department of Physics of the University of Trieste; 3. Giuseppe Mussardo, Professor of Theoretical Physics, SISSA, Trieste (Italy); 4. Clisthenis P. Constantinidis, Física, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brasil; 5. Zlatan Tsvetanov, Research Prof., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA; 6. Jean-Bernard ZUBER, Pr, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France; 7. Luiz Agostinho Ferreira (Full Professor), Instituto de Fisica de Sao Carlos, IFSC/USP, Brazil; 8. Sylvain Ribault, Universite Montpellier 2, France; 9. Baseilhac Pascal, PhD, LMPT Tours - CNRS; 10. Francesco Sardelli, University of Tours (FRANCE); 11. Professor Nathan Berkovits, IFT-UNESP, Sao Paulo; 12. Richard Kerner, Professor of Physics, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France; 13. Cosmas Zachos, Argonne National Laboratory; 14. almut beige, dr, university of leeds, uk; 15. S.L. Woronowicz, Professor, University of Warsaw; 16. Angel Ballesteros, Dr., Universidad de Burgos, Spain; 17. Loic Villain, PhD, LMPT (Univ. Tours, France); 18. Roberto Longo, Center for Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Rome; 19. Stefan Theisen, Professor, Max-Planck-Institut Albert-Einstein-Institut; 20. Alex Kehagias, National Technical University of Athens; 21. Patrick Moylan, Associate Professor of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University; 22. Van Proeyen, Antoine, professor, K.U. Leuven, Belgium; 23. Prof. Dr. Alejandro Frank, Director, Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, UNAM; 24. Victor Kac, Professor of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 1 of 297 6/8/2018, 6:20 PM 2010: Science matters!!! http://www.nauka2010.com/elpart/nauka2010/science/signed.php 25. Matthias Blau, Professor, University of Bern, Switzerland; 26. John Duncan, Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University; 27. Olivier Piguet, Professor, Dep. of Physics, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil; 28. Prof JM Figueroa-O'Farrill, University of Edinburgh, UK; 29. German Sierra, Full Professor, Instituto de Fisica Teorica UAM/CSIC, Madrid, Spain; 30. Valter Moretti, Professor of Mathematical Physcs, University of Trento; 31. John Rawnsley, Professor of Mathematics, University of Warwick; 32. Giuseppe Marmo Full Professor of Theoretical Physics, Università Federico II di Napoli; 33. Konstantinos Anagnostopoulos, Assistant Professor, Physics Department, National Technical University of Athens; 34. Michael R. Douglas, permanent member, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics; 35. Laurent VERON, Professor, Université François Rabelais, Tours CNRS Laboratoire de Mathématiques et Physique Théorique; 36. Antti Niemi, Professor, Directeur de Recherche, Uppsala University and CNRS; 37. Reidun Twarock, Professor, University of York; 38. Julio Fabris, Dr., Department of Physics - UFES - Brazil; 39. Jose Edelstein, Professor, University of Santiago de Compostela; 40. Tudor Ratiu, Professor, Director Bernoulli Center, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland; 41. Javier Mas Solé, Professor, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela; 42. S. Twareque Ali, Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada; 43. Dirk Kreimer, Prof., Iinstitut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques (IHES); 44. Prof. Loriano Bonora, SISSA, Trieste, Italy; 45. Michael Ramek, Assoc. Prof., Graz University of Technology; 46. Alexander Sevrin, Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel; 47. Ctirad Klimcik Professor, University Aix-Marseille II; 48. Eduardo Guendelman, Prof., Ben Gurion University; 49. Peigné Marc Professeur, Université Fr. Rabelais Tours; 50. Ben Craps, Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel; 2 of 297 6/8/2018, 6:20 PM 2010: Science matters!!! http://www.nauka2010.com/elpart/nauka2010/science/signed.php 51. Dr. Alexander Kaganovich, Ben Gurion University, Israel; 52. Benjamin Svetitsky, Professor, Tel Aviv University; 53. Laszlo Feher, Professor, KFKI Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, Budapest, and University of Szeged, Hungary; 54. Jacob Bekenstein, Polak Professor of Theoretical Physics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; 55. Professor Jose Francisco Gomes, Instituto de Fisica Teorica IFT-Unesp; 56. Neeb, Prof. Dr. Karl-Hermann, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg; 57. Nicolas Chamel, research associate, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium; 58. Roberto Floreanini, researcher, INFN, Trieste, Italy; 59. Chakrabarti Amitabha, Centre de Physique Théorique Ecole Poytechnique ( France ); 60. Jürgen Fuchs, Professor, Theoretical Physics, Karlstad University, Sweden; 61. Professor J-P. Antoine, Université catholique de Louvain; 62. Franco Pezzella, Ph.D., researcher, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Italy; 63. Edouard Brezin, Professor, former President French Academy of Science, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris; 64. Laszlo Palla professor of Theoretical Physics, Eotvos University, Institute of Physics Budapest Hungary; 65. Anna Dubnickova, Prof.,RNDr., DrSC, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia; 66. Prof. J. Van der Jeugt, Ghent University, Belgium; 67. R. King, Emeritus Professor, School of Mathematics, University of Southampton, UK; 68. Karl-Henning Rehren, professor, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Goettingen; 69. Prof. J. D'Hondt, Vrije Universiteit Brussel; 70. Alexander Belavin,Professor of Physics, Landau Insitute for Theoretical Physics RAS,Russia; 71. Prof. Silvia Penati, University of Milano-Bicocca; 72. Prof. Dr. Catherine De Clercq, Vrije Universiteit Brussel; 73. Miloslav Havlicek,prof.DrSc, CTU Fac.Nucl.Sci Phys.Eng.Prague; 74. Klaus Fredenhagen, Professor Dr., II. Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, Universitaet Hamburg; 75. Juerg Froehlich, Prof. Dr. Dr. hc, Department of Physics, ETH Zurich; 76. Prof.Dr.V.Rittenberg, Physikalisches Institut Bonn University; 3 of 297 6/8/2018, 6:20 PM 2010: Science matters!!! http://www.nauka2010.com/elpart/nauka2010/science/signed.php 77. ROEMER, Hartmann, Prof. Dr, Pysics Institute, University of Freiburg, Germany; 78. Grosse Harald Prof, University of Vienna; 79. Andreas Wipf, Prof., Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena; 80. Patras F. Dr, Université de Nice; 81. Rainald Flume,Professor Dr., Physikalisches Institut, Univ. of Bonn, FRG; 82. Jiri Tolar, professor, Czech Technical University in Prague; 83. Meric, Doctoral student, LPTHE, CNRS; 84. Sameer Murthy, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai; 85. Alejandro Perez, Prof., Universitee de la Mediterranee; 86. Prof. Enrico Cherubini, International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy; 87. Anna Menini, Professor, International School for Advanced Studies, Italy; 88. Ugo Bruzzo, Professor, International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste; 89. Professor Mathew E. Diamond, International School for Advanced Studies; 90. Dotsenko Vladimir, Professor of Physics, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie; 91. Axel Mueller, Professor, University of Bayreuth, Germany; 92. Krassimir Panajotov, PhD, DSc, Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; 93. Quesne Christiane (Professor), Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; 94. Hans P. Jakobsen, Asso prof., Dept of Mathematical Sciences, U. Copenhagen; 95. Machet Bruno, Dr, LPTHE, Jussieu (Paris); 96. Dr. Constantin Orasan, University of Wolverhampton, UK; 97. Dr. Stanislav Kuperstein, LPTHE Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France; 98. Prof Matthias Gaberdiel, ETH Zurich; 99. Casier Martin, PhD Student, Université Libre de Bruxelles; 100. Cioroianu Euge-Mihaita, Ph.D, University of Craiova; 101. Dermine, Institut d'Astronomie et d'Astrophysique, ULB, Brussels, Belgium; 102. VERETENNICOFF IRINA PROF EM, VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL; 103. Yolanda Lozano, Prof., University of Oviedo, Spain; 4 of 297 6/8/2018, 6:20 PM 2010: Science matters!!! http://www.nauka2010.com/elpart/nauka2010/science/signed.php 104. Katrin Wendland, Prof., Augsburg University; 105. Maja Buric, prof, Faculty of Physics University of Belgrade Belgrade, Serbia; 106. Dr Pierre Descouvemont, Universite Libre de Bruxelles; 107. Nikola Buric, dr proff, Institute of Physics, PO Box 67 11000 Belgrade, Serbia; 108. Ilya Bakhmatov, Queen Mary, University of London; 109. Dimitrijevic Marija, assistant professor, Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia; 110. Dieter Lüst, Professor, University Munich, Max-Planck-Institute Munich; 111. Fedor Smirnov, DR, CNRS; 112. Bojan Nikolic, Dr, Institute of Physics Belgrade; 113. MARTIN François, CNRS researcher, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Energies, University PARIS 6; 114. Dr. DI Helmut Eberl, Institute of High Energy Physics of the Austrian Academy of Sciences; 115. Prof.Burinskii, NSI RAS; 116. Gherardo Piacitelli, PhD, SISSA - Trieste (Italy); 117. Maria Pilar Garcia del Moral, Universidad Oviedo, Spain; 118. Nicolas Cerf, ULB; 119. Baruch Horovitz, Prof., Ben-Gurion University, Israel; 120. Eisendrath, Henri Full Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel; 121. Dr Yusuke Kimura, Oviedo university; 122. Sorba Paul Dir of Research at CNRS(France), LAPTH CNRS (France); 123. Marianna G. Shepherd, Professor, York University; 124. Sergey Gredeskul, Professor, Ben Gurion University of the Negev; 125. Georgy Zastenker, professor, Space Research Institute Russian Academy of Sciences; 126. Dr. Natalia Borodkova, Space Research Institute Russian Academy of Sciences; 127. Dr. Marina Stepanova, Physics Department,
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