<table><tr><th>From: </th><th>Lawrence Krauss &lt;</th></tr><tr><td>Sent: </td><td>Friday, April 6, 2018 6:44 PM</td></tr><tr><td>To: </td><td>jeffrey E.</td></tr><tr><td>Subject: </td><td>Fwd: Lawrence Krauss Website Form: Invitation to Gottingen Science Literature
Festival </td></tr></table>

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 and Physics Department Arizona=State University, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ
85287-1404 Research Office:  | Assistant (Jessica): =  Origins Office (Cynthia): = 
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origins.asu.edu |  | krauss.faculty.asu.edu

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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,

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 <u>University, P.O.</u> Box 871404, Tempe, AZ <u>=5287-1404</u> Research Office: I Assistant (Jessica): _- Origins Office (Cynthia): 480.965.0O53

origins.asu.edu |

| krauss.faculty.asu.edu

Dear Dr. Grubmuller:

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

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## 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

## On Apr 4, 2018, at 9:12 AM, Dr. Helmut Grubmuller / Max =lanck Institute, Goettingen, (cont.)

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

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