A petition to persuade India's gov't that astrology is not a science
Title: A petition to persuade India's gov't that astrology
is
Dear Colleagues,
The Indian government has decided to recognize astrology as an
academic discipline in colleges and universities, as outlined in the
letter below. Please consider adding your electronic signature
to a petition in protest of this foolish act. (Signatures of members
of the National Academies or recipients of other prestigious awards
can be particularly influential.)
Please give this message wide distribution.
Thank you for your time!
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Colleagues
As some of you may know, we are organizing a signature
campaign protesting a decision by the University Grants Commission in
India sanctioning the study of the "science of Astrology" as
an academic discipline at colleges and Universities in India. We have
set up a web site for collecting "signatures" at
Following the advice of my colleague Sheldon
Glashow, we are appealing not only for the support of prominent Indian
scientists, but also of eminent scientists such as yourselves to make
a strong statement to the government of India.
-- Please visit the web site, read the letter, and sign if
you agree.
I apologize for any inconvenience and
annoyance caused by this unsolicited e-mail.
Shyamsunder Erramilli
Physics Department & Center for Photonics
Boston University
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Roger A. Freedman
Department of Physics and College of Creative Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
Mailing address:
Department of Physics
UCSB
Santa Barbara CA 93106-9530
E-mail: airboy@physics.ucsb.edu
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