'Is even a minimal nuclear deterrent MAD?'

You are invited to our online annual lecture on 14 May at 18.00 (UK). Dr David Ellwood will speak on ‘Is even a minimal nuclear deterrent MAD?’

To join, please register via zoom here. (NB the lecture will follow our AGM, which is for British Pugwash members)

The talk will provide an introduction to recent work on nuclear winter and make the case that nuclear weapons are not an instrument of national security, but rather a spectre of our own annihilation.

Dr David Alexandre Ellwood is a theoretical physicist and mathematician who served for more than a decade as Research Director of the Clay Mathematics Institute. He is a member of the Pugwash Council and the executive committees of International Pugwash and the British Pugwash group. David has held academic appointments at Harvard University, Boston University, Université de Strasbourg (IRMA), ETH Zürich, Université de Paris VI (UPMC) and the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques.

You can watch many of our previous events, including our last webinar with Dr Hans Blix, on our YouTube channel.

You can join British Pugwash here.

Thanks,

Tim

Tim Street