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From: Sent: To: Subject: Lawrence Krauss < Friday, April 6, 2018 6:44 PM jeffrey E. Fwd: Lawrence Krauss Website Form: Invitation to Gottingen Science Literature Festival enlightenment in, of all places, Germany! Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The Origins Project at ASU Co-Director,=Cosmology Initiative Foundation =rofessor School of =arth & Space Exploration 85287-1404 Research Office: <mailto origins.asu.edu I =/div> and Physics Department Arizona=State University, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ Assistant (Jessica): = Origins Office (Cynthia): _- > =nbsp; krauss.faculty.asu.edu Begin=forwarded message: From: =/b>"Grubmueller, Helmut" Subject: =/b>Re: Lawrence =rauss Website Form: Invitation to Gottingen Science Literature =estival Date: =/b>April 6, 2018 at 10:49:38 AM =DT To: =/b>Lawrence Krauss < Dear Dr. Krauss, many thanks for your quick and very positive reply, =hich we all here were happy to read. We very much appreciate your kind offer to visit us even though -- =ou guessed correctly -- our resources are limited. We will certainly be able to fully cover your business =lass travel expenses and accommodation in our historic Hotel Gebhards, which is very close to the city center =nd a very convenient place. The fee we can offer, EUR 500,--, is =est described as symbolic. I should also say that the =ocation for the lecture, the Paulinerkirche https://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/wir-ueber-uns/portrait/geschi=hte/paulinerkirche/ (an old church, which is now used as a library -- quite =itting I think; also Richard Dawkins liked it very much!) has limited =pace, 1 EFTA_R1_01598867 EFTA02482220 such that we can host an audience of max 250. From =revious lectures I would be quite confident it will be fully booked, =hough. I was indeed not aware of the unwelcome publicity you =entioned, and would like to thank you very much for openly sharing this =nfo with us, which is very fair and honorable. Naturally, our =ommittee has now looked into it and has joined me in my strong =elief that nobody should be prejudged in the absence of clear =vidence, which is why we do not see any reason not to =roceed. We would thus be delighted and honoured if you would =ccept our invitation, would very much hope we can fix a date between October 12th and 21st, 2018 that is convenient =or you. If you wish, we would also be happy to arrange an =dditional lecture meeting with physics students and faculty at =oettingen University or at our Max Planck Institute, as well as some =ightseeing of Goettingen science history. Personally, I very much wish you the investigation will =e finished very soon and things calm down, as it must cost you an awful =ot of energy, brains, and time. With my best regards, Helmut Grubmueller On 4. Apr 2018, at 20:34, Lawrence Krauss c =wrote: Lawrence M. =rauss Director, The Origins Project at ASU Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative Foundation Professor School of Earth & =pace Exploration and Physics Department Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ =5287-1404 Research Office: I Assistant (Jessica): _- Origins Office (Cynthia): 480.965.0O53 origins.asu.edu krauss.faculty.asu.edu Dear Dr. Grubmuller: 2 EFTA_R1_01598868 EFTA02482221 I am honored by this invitation and would be delighted to accept in =rinciple. I do not know if the invitation comes with a fee. =nbsp;My normal speaking fee is large, but I would be willing to work =ithin whatever resources you might have. I assume you would also cover business class travel expenses. I am very excited by the possibility of participating in this literature =estival at Gottingen, which is a city I have also always wanted to =isit. Before we finalize this, I also feel the need to let you know that there =as been publicity here in the United States associated with an online =abloid defamatory article about me, which has caused a number of groups =n the US to cancel speaking engagements by me. Other groups have continued to have me participate in =heir events. I am hoping this will pass, as I have written online =mpugning the credibility of the report. Nevertheless, I felt I =wed it to you, if you were not aware of this, to make you aware of it. I am hoping it will not affect your decision to invite me, =ut as you have been so kind to make the invitation, I felt it would =nly be honorable to make sure you are aware of the current situation =efore you proceed. All best Lawrence M. Krauss <image002.png> On Apr 4, 2018, at 9:12 AM, Dr. Helmut Grubmuller / Max =lanck Institute, Goettingen, Germanywrote: Name: Dr. Helmut Grubmuller / Max Planck Institute, =oettingen, Germany Phone: Subject: Invitation to Gottingen Science Literature Festival Message: Dear Dr. Krauss, with great enthusiasm, and on behalf of my colleagues at the Max Planck =nstitutes in G0ttingen (Germany), the Gitittingen State and =niversity Library as well as the Gottinger Literaturherbst, I =ould like to cordially invite you to be our guest and speaker in the scientific literature lecture series "Wissenschaft beim =iteraturherbst" of this year's literature festival. This event will =ake place from October 12th to 21st, 2018. The Gifittinger Literaturherbst, established 26 years ago, is the =nly German literature festival which gives a stage to science. To this =im, the scientific lecture series gathers international top researchers =nd science journalists in the venerable Paulinerkirche in Gottingen every year since 2007. There, the speakers present =urprising, fascinating, and spectacular findings of their research and =ighlights from their books. Our audience is the broad public but also =any scientists attend the lectures. Internationally renowned researchers such as Richard Dawkins, Brian =reene, Douglas R. Hofstadter, Lisa Kaltenegger, Roger Penrose, Steven =inker, Wolf Singer, Michael Shermer, or Lee Smolin have already found =heir way to Gottingen to give a lecture there, proving the international reputation of the event. The idea of inviting you as a speaker for this year was most =nthusiastically discussed and strongly supported by Gottinger =iteraturherbst's advisory board. We are convinced that your latest =ook, "A Universe 3 EFTA_R1_01598869 EFTA02482222 from Nothing", would be of great interest to the broad audience the festival has been able to attract ever since. Please =eel free to cover also any other scientific topic of your choice, =utside the scope of your latest book. We would be happy to organize your visit to Gottingen in the best =ossible way and according to your wishes. Regarding the date, we are =till flexible within the period from October 12th to 21st, 2018, and =opefully will be able to realize your desired date. We sincerely hope that you decide to accept our invitation and look very =uch forward to your response. With our best regards, Nils Brose, Director at the Max Planck Institute fur Experimental =edicine Helmut Grubm0ller, Director at the Max Planck Institute for =iophysical Chemistry Stephan Herminghaus, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics =nd Self-Organization Wolfram Horstmann, Director of the Gottingen State and University =ibrary Sami Solanki, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System =esearch Hans-Peter Herberhold, Management of Gottinger Literaturherbst =mbH =3D 3D 3D 3D 3D /div> 4 EFTA_R1_01598870 EFTA02482223