physicist Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/physicist/ An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world. Thu, 10 Jun 2021 03:24:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 physicist Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/physicist/ 32 32 59910430 Narges Mohammadi, Physicist and Human Rights Defender, imprisoned in Iran Released with Sentence Commuted. https://concernedscientists.org/2020/11/narges-mohammadi-physicist-and-human-rights-defender-imprisoned-in-iran-released-with-sentence-commuted/ Tue, 10 Nov 2020 04:05:37 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=8751 Narges Mohammadi, a physicist and a prominent human rights defender who had been incarcerated in Iranian prisons since May 2015, was released on October 7 when her 16-year sentence was commuted due to health concerns. Her conviction and sentence in May 2016 were based exclusively on her peaceful advocacy for women’s rights and the abolition […]

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]]> 8751 CCS Advisory Committee Member, Dr. Pierre Hohenberg, Passes https://concernedscientists.org/2018/01/ccs-advisory-committee-member-dr-pierre-hohenberg-passes/ Sun, 07 Jan 2018 21:52:20 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6608 It is with great sadness that the Committee of Concerned Scientists announces the passing of one of its active Advisory Committe members. Dr. Pierre Hohenberg died on December 15, 2017. Dr. Hohenberg was a French-American physicist who worked primarily on statistical mechanics. He received his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees from Harvard University. Dr. Hohenberg […]

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