The Garwin Archive - 2010-2019

• "How to prevent theft of ATMs," by R.L. Garwin, unpublished letter to the Editor, New York Times, December 18, 2019.
• "Letter to Senate Leadership on impeachment trial in the Senate," by R.L. Garwin, December 18, 2019.
• "Walter Munk and JASON," by R.L. Garwin. A presentation in the program, Celebrating the Scientific Legacy of Walter Munk, La Jolla, CA, October 17, 2019 with accompanying 14-minute 2012 video interview by Richard Breyer and Anand Kamalaka to be found at https://repository.aip.org/islandora/object/nbla%3A287202
• "Serendipities from Long Ago," by R.L. Garwin, Keynote Address for the Harvard Physics Department Post-Doc/Research-Scholar Retreat Lion Hall, Cohasset, MA, September 11, 2019.
• "Recollections of HEDS Involvement with the U.S. Nuclear Weapon Labs," by R.L. Garwin, A presentation in the Workshop National Security & High Energy Density Science: Technical, Policy, and International Perspectives and Implications, University of California San Diego, CA August 8-9, 2019.
• "Some Notable People I Have Known," by R.L. Garwin, (Chat with Jim Wynne and Nancy Greco), IBM, T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, July 15, 2019.
• "Defense Against Nuclear-armed Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, Especially Space-based Missile Defense Prospects-- one participant's view," by R.L. Garwin. Presented in the APS session "The Future of US Nuclear Forces: What Do We Need?", Boston, MA, March 7, 2019.
• "Sid Drell's Contributions to Arms Control and Strategic Stability," by R.L. Garwin, presented in the American Physical Society session, "The Future of U.S. Nuclear Forces: What Do We Need?" March 7, 2019.
• "Outlaw Nuclear Weapons? Eliminate Nuclear Weapons?" by R.L. Garwin. Presentation at Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, CT, September 26, 2018.
• Technical Refinements in Design Features of the Airborne Patrol Against North Korean ICBMs by R.L. Garwin and T.A. Postol, May 10, 2018
• "Weapons of Mass Destruction-- 2018," by R.L. Garwin. Presented in the Columbia University Physics Department Course: Spring 2018 W3018 Weapons of Mass Destruction, March 20, 2018, Pupin Hall, Columbia University, NY. (Republishing the 2016 lecture with few errors corrected, packaged with Garwin's May 1, 2017 talk and a blog post by David Wright on the Reentry of the Hwasong-15)
• Obituary for LOIS GARWIN, February 4, 2018
• Airborne Patrol to Destroy DPRK ICBMs in Powered Flight by R.L. Garwin and T.A. Postol, November 26, 2017
• Scientists' Letter to Congress on the Iran Deal and a substantive Letter of Transmittal addressed to the leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee, October 30, 2017. The Scientists'Letter has a total 96 signatories, including 69 members of one or more of the National Academies, and 19 Nobel Laureates.
• "Some of Dick Garwin's IBM-related Work 1952-1993" with associated slides by R.L. Garwin, presented at IBM Yorktown Heights, September 15, 2015
• North Korea on My Mind by R.L. Garwin, excerpt of remarks at the Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Sciences, 09/07/2017
• List of errata in Joel Shurkin biography True Genius, The Life and Work of Richard Garwin, The most influential scientist you've never heard of, published 02/23/2017
• "Strategic Security Challenges for 2017 and Beyond" by R.L. Garwin. Presented to the members of the National Academy of Sciences, May 1, 2017, in Washington, DC.
• In Appreciation of Jeremy J. Stone, April 30, 2017.
• 01/02/17 Letter to President-Elect Trump on current status of the Iran Deal (JCPOA), signed by R.L. Garwin, R.J. Goldston, S.S. Hecker, M. Hellman, R.D. Holt, R.S. Kemp, F. von Hippel, and 30 additional signatories. On 01/03/2017 The New York Times published an article by William J. Broad, "Top Scientists Urge Trump to Abide by Iran Nuclear Deal."
• President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Richard L. Garwin and 20 others, November 22, 2016.
• "Don't Reprocess Spent Fuel from Light-Water Reactors," by R.L. Garwin. Presented at the 15th PIIC Beijing Seminar on International Security: Strategic Stability and Cooperation, Suzhou, China, November 1-5, 2016.
• "Assessment of the JCPOA," by R.L. Garwin. Presented in the workshop Nuclear Weaponization in the Middle East: Power, Values and Negotiating Under Divergent Cultural Conceptions of Trust," Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford, 04/11-13/2016.
• "Weapons of Mass Destruction-- 2016," by R.L. Garwin. Presented in the Columbia University Physics Department Course: Spring 2016 W3018 Weapons of Mass Destruction, March 31, 2016, Pupin Hall, Columbia University, NY.
• "Letter to Chairman Mike Rogers and Ranking Member Jim Cooper of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee, January 11, 2016" by R.L. Garwin. This letter provides comments for the record, for a hearing of January 12, 2016, on the National Academy of Sciences report, "Peer Review and Design Competition in the NNSA National Security Laboratories."
• "The Robust Electrical Grid?", by R.L. Garwin. Discussion for Rotary Club meeting, Moscato Restaurant, Scarsdale, NY, January 19, 2016.
• "One View of the Early Days of Precision Guided Munitions and the Systems in Which They are Embedded," by R.L. Garwin. Presented in the Thursday evening session at UCSD Faculty Club, January 7, 2016.
• "Biographical Memoirs: Harold M. Agnew (1921-2013)," by Richard L. Garwin, National Academy of Sciences, 2015.
• "The Scope of Utility of Deep Borehole Disposal of Radioactive Waste" (as delivered), by R.L. Garwin. A contribution to Panel 7, "Effectiveness of Deep Borehole Disposal Compared to Other Options" in the International Technical Workshop on Deep Borehole Disposal of Radioactive Waste, Washington, DC, October 21, 2015.
• "Forestall Volkswagen Cheating," by R.L. Garwin, Letter to the Editor, The New York Times, October 9, 2015. To be found at http://nyti.ms/1VK66nA.
• "VW is Said to Cheat on Diesel Emissions; U.S. to Order Big Recall," by R.L. Garwin. Unpublished Letter to the Editor, The New York Times, Sept. 19, 2015.
• "The 14 July 2015 Iran Agreement: Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action-- JCPoA," by R.L. Garwin. International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies, Plenary Presentation of 20 August 2015, Erice, Sicily.
• "SWU_Calculations (version 3k).xls". This live spreadsheet, when downloaded to any computer with Excel or a compatible program, allows the user to specify the U-235 concentration (in per cent) for the "product", "waste" or "tails", and the "feed" to an ideal enrichment cascade. Optionally, the mass of product (kg) in column E can be specified as well. August 20, 2015.
• "Letter to President Barack Obama regarding Iran nuclear deal", signed by R.L. Garwin, R.J. Goldston, R.S. Kemp, R. Holt, and F. von Hippel, August 9, 2015.
• "Prepared testimony by R.L. Garwin" for the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs at a hearing titled "Protecting the Electric Grid from the Potential Threats of Solar Storms and Electromagnetic Pulse," and a brief biography of Richard L. Garwin for the hearing, 22 July 2015.
• "Technical Aspects of the Proposed Iran Deal Barring the Acquisition of HEU or Pu for a Nuclear Weapon," by R.L. Garwin. Presented in Columbia University Physics Course W3018, April 21, 2015.
• "Weapons of Mass Destruction-- 2015," by R.L. Garwin. Presented in the Columbia University Physics Department Course, Spring 2015 W3018 Weapons of Mass Destruction, February 5, 2015.
• "Garwin: The Movie," by filmmakers Richard Breyer and Anand Kamalakar, 2014. "A feature length documentary about a scientist who shaped history. Meeting renowned scientists, historians and politicians, the filmmakers accompany Richard Garwin on his quest to build a more peaceful, verdant and sustainable world." To buy the DVD for personal, educational or corporate use, please contact Trilok Fusion Media (718)398-0333. More about the movie found at: http://www.garwinthemovie.com.
• "The First CERN Muon g-2 Experiment by G. Charpak, F.J.M. Farley, R.L. Garwin, T. Mueller, J.C. Sens, and A. Zichichi," by R.L. Garwin. Presented in the invited American Physical Society session, "History of the Muon g-2 from 1947 to Present," Savannah, Georgia, April 8, 2014.
• "Leo Szilard in Physics and Information," by R.L. Garwin. Presented in the invited American Physical Society session R17 "The Many Worlds of Leo Szilard," Savannah, Georgia, April 7, 2014.
• "An Appreciation of Jim Levine at IBM," by R.L. Garwin. Presented at memorial service, March 16, 2014.
• "Biographical Memoir of W.K.H. (Pief) Panofsky," by R.L. Garwin, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 157, No. 4, December 2013, pp. 479-485
• "Remarks on Nuclear Disarmament," by R.L. Garwin. Presented at the Panel on Nuclear Disarmament. Sponsors: Columbia Scholars Program, Columbia Science Review, and the K1 Project, Columbia University, November 19, 2013.
• "Monitoring and Verification of Nuclear Weapons," by R.L. Garwin. Presented in the Short Course on Nuclear Weapons Issues in the 21st Century. Sponsors: American Physical Society Forum on Physics/Society and GWU Elliott School. The George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs, Washington, DC, November 3, 2013.
• "Fast Reactors in China's Future," by R.L. Garwin. Presented at the Institute for Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics (IAPCM), Beijing, October 31, 2013.
• "Remarks for Albert D. Wheelon Memorial Service," by R.L. Garwin, All Saints by the Sea Episcopal Church, Santa Barbara, CA, October 19, 2013.
• "One View of the Role of the NAS in National Security and International Relations," by R.L. Garwin. Prepared for the National Security and International Relations Panel, Sackler Colloquium, The NAS at 150, Washington, DC 20418, October 16-18, 2013.
• "Indispensable Outsider," by Ann Finkbeiner. Profile of R.L. Garwin in Science, Vol. 341, pp. 334-337, 26 July 2013.
• "Comments on De-alerting of Strategic Nuclear Forces," by R.L. Garwin. Presented at a panel discussion on Reducing Alert Rates of Nuclear Weapons, sponsored by The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Assembly Hall, UN Geneva, 25 April 2013.
• "For the Record," by Richard L. Garwin, February 12, 2013, (Follow-on to my comment of 10/01/2012 on the NRC report, "Making Sense of Ballistic Missile Defense.")
• "Sagdeev in (Arms) Control," by R.L. Garwin. Presented at the University of Maryland Symposium "Sagdeev at 80: Plasma, Space and International Security," February 7, 2013.
• Dick Garwin's comments for Spurgeon Keeny Memorial session of 12/09/2012, Washington, DC.
• "Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Power, Thoughts for the Next Four Years," by R.L. Garwin. Remarks prepared for a panel discussion "A New Nuclear Mandate" at the Federation of American Scientists session, November 9, 2012, Washington, DC.
• "H-Bomb Physicist, Richard Garwin, Predicts 'Probable' Destruction of a City by Nuclear Weapon," Interview for the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation by Robert Kazel, November 8, 2012.
• "Tax Cuts for the Highest-Income Taxpayers," by R.L. Garwin. Letter submitted to the New York Times 10/17/2012, but not published
• "The 2012 National Academy of Sciences Report on Technical Issues Related to the CTBT," by R.L. Garwin. Remarks prepared for presentation to a dinner meeting at One UN Plaza Hotel, New York, NY, October 15, 2012
• Comments by Richard L. Garwin, October 1, 2012, Re: the National Academies of Science Report, "Making Sense of Ballistic Missile Defense…"
• "Assessment of Nuclear-Test Monitoring and Verification," by R.L. Garwin. For presentation in the Workshop on Advances in Nuclear-Test Monitoring and Verification, AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Public Policy, Washington, DC, September 25, 2012.
• "Introduction to briefing on Advances in Nuclear-test Monitoring and Verification," by R.L. Garwin, Hart Senate Office Building, SH-902, Convened by AAAS, September 24, 2012.
• "Dose Thresholds for Evacuation Following Explosion of an Improvised Nuclear Device or Radiological Dispersal Device," by R.L. Garwin. Presented at Erice, Sicily, International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies and Associated Meetings - 45th Session, August 19-25, 2012.
• "Physicists and Effective Public Policy - Science Matters," by R.L. Garwin. A talk at Science Salon of the New York Hall of Science, June 14, 2012.
• "Physicists and Education," by R.L. Garwin, presented at Roosevelt House of Hunter College, 47-49 East 65th Street, New York, NY, June 5, 2012.
• "Time to bury plutonium," by R.L. Garwin in NATURE, Vol. 485, pp. 167-168, 10 May 2012.
• "A CISAC Agenda on Nuclear Weapons," by R.L. Garwin. For presentation in the session "Science, Scientists, and International Security" of the 2012 Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, April 29, 2012.
• "Reprocessing and Global (Energy) Security," by R.L. Garwin. Presentation in Panel II Session, Reprocessing and Global Security, Teaching the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, The Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, DC, April 6, 2012.
• "Experience with the President's Science Advisory Committee, its Panels, and Other Modes of Advice," by R.L. Garwin. Presentation in Invited Session H5, Physicists Advising on National Security, April meeting of the American Physical Society, Atlanta, GA, April 1, 2012.
• "The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: Technical Issues for the United States," National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Reviewing and Updating Technical Issues Related to the Comprehansive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty; Policy and Global Affairs; National Research Council, March 2012.
• "Evaluating and Managing Risk in the Nuclear Power Sector," by R.L. Garwin, presented in the JSPS-USJI (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science-U.S. Japan Research Institute) Risk Management - From Natural Disaster to Economy - Symposium, The Cosmos Club, Washington, DC, March 9, 2012.
• "Purcell's Work in Helping the Government," by R.L. Garwin. Presented in the session The Scientific Legacy of Edward Purcell (1912-20121997), March meeting of the American Physical Society, Boston, MA, February 29, 2012.
• "The Future of Nuclear Energy," by R.L. Garwin. A presentation in the Transforming Energy Lecture Series sponsored by the University of Maryland Energy Research Center, College Park, MD, December 9, 2011.
• "Learning From Fukushima Dai-ichi," by R.L. Garwin. Presented at IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, November 16, 2011.
• "Physics in the Interest of Society", by R.L. Garwin. Inaugural Lecture of the Series, Physics in the Interest of Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, November 3, 2011.
• "Learning More from Fukushima Dai-ichi," by R.L. Garwin. Presented at Erice, Sicily, International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies and Associated Meetings - 44th Session, The Role of Science in the Third Millenium, August 20, 2011.
• "The Scientific Roots and Prospects for the CTBTO and the IMS," by R.L. Garwin. Keynote address to the conference CTBT: Science and Technology 2011, Hofburg Palace, Vienna, June 8, 2011. (Actual presentation was limited to 20 minutes, so showed this in large font and with about 1/3 of the text highlighted and read.)
• "Stockpile Stewardship Without Nuclear Explosion Testing," by R.L.Garwin, Presented in a panel at the ACA Annual Meeting on Reducing the Nuclear Danger, Washington, DC, May 10, 2011; and "Stockpile Stewardship Without Nuclear Explosion Testing," by R.L.Garwin (paper-saving version).
• "A Presidential Campaign Pledge: Restore the Rule of Law in the Financial Sector," by R.L. Garwin. Op Ed submitted to the New York Times 04/22/2011, but not published.
• "Georges Charpak et le nucleaire (both nuclear weapons and nuclear power," speech by R.L. Garwin at a memorial session for Georges Charpak at the Academie des Sciences, Paris, France, March 1, 2011.
• "A Candidate Near-Term Satellite System for Domestic Air Traffic Control?" by R.L. Garwin, Colloquia NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, January 27, 2011.
• "The Past and Future of Track-2 Exchanges," by R.L. Garwin, 25 Years After Reykjavik: Science and Diplomacy for Nuclear Security in the 21st Century, United States Institute of Peace and the NAS, Committee on International Security and Arms Control, Washington, DC, January 19, 2011.
• "Science (and Technology) to Tame a Wild Deep-sea Oil Well," by R.L. Garwin.  Presented at Physics Colloquium, Columbia University, Department of Physics, December 6, 2010.
• "Verification and transparency-related issues, focused on nuclear warhead and delivery vehicle reductions and the CTBT," by R.L. Garwin.  For the JSPS-AAAS Symposium, Science and Nuclear Disarmament: Progress and Challenges, Washington, DC, November 8, 2010.
• "Thoughts on Proliferation and Security Risks," by R.L. Garwin.  Session: "Limiting Future Proliferation and Security Risks," Reactor and Fuel Cycle Technology Subcommittee of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future, Washington, DC, October 12, 2010.
• "The Evolving Nuclear Weapon Threat to Society," by R.L. Garwin.  Presented at Erice, Sicily, International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies and Associated Meetings - 43rd Session, August 20, 2010.
• "Lessons from the 2009 Swine Flu Pandemic, Avian Flu, and their Contribution to the Conquest of Induced and Natural Pandemics," by R.L. Garwin.  Presented at Erice International Seminars, Mitigation of terrorist Acts, Scientific Contributions to Biosecurity and Mitigation of Terrorism, August 22, 2010.
• "Fast Reactors When?" by R.L. Garwin.  Presented at Erice, Sicily, International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies and Associated Meetings - 43rd Session, August 21, 2010.
• "Approaches and Solutions to Taming a Wild Deep-sea Oil Well," by R.L. Garwin.  Presented at the Energy and Pollution Session, Focus: Oil Spills and Deep Water Drilling, Erice International Seminars, August 20, 2010.
• "A Nuclear Explosion in a City or an Attack on a Nuclear Reactor," by R.L. Garwin, for the National Academy of Engineering in The Bridge,Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 20-27, Summer 2010.
• "Are We Reducing the Threat Nuclear Weapons Pose to Our Society?" by R.L. Garwin, presented at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, May 11, 2010.
• "The U.S. Nuclear Posture Review and Its Implications," by Richard L. Garwin, as presented at the Harvard-Tsinghua Workshop on Nuclear Policies, Beijing, March 16, 2010.
• "Fast Breeder Reactors," by Richard L. Garwin, as presented at the Harvard-Tsinghua Workshop on Nuclear Policies, Beijing, March 15, 2010.
• "Nuclear Terrorism: A Global Threat," by Richard L. Garwin, as presented at the Harvard-Tsinghua Workshop on Nuclear Policies, Beijing, March 14, 2010.
• "Conquering Pandemic Flu by Non-Pharmaceutical Means, and Other Thoughts on Health Care," by R.L. Garwin, presented at the Weekly Seminar of the Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medical School, New York, NY, February 16, 2010 (Word version).
• "Working With Fermi at Chicago and Los Alamos," by R.L. Garwin.  Presented at the American Physical Society, Physics for the Nation's Future, Session J1: Remembering Enrico Fermi, Washington, DC, February 14, 2010.
• "The Reliability and Safety of U.S. Nuclear Weapons," by R.L. Garwin.  As briefed to congressional staff and governments officials January 28, 2010.  It comments on the unclassified Executive Summary of the JASON Report on nuclear weapon "Life Extension Program-- LEP".