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Exhibit D Material
specified by the American Institute of Physics for removal from the Disciplined
Minds website Schmidt shall
remove the following material currently on the http://disciplinedminds.com
web page, or any other web page arranged, conducted, or assisted by Schmidt,
all associated hyperlinks, and the destinations of those hyperlinks,
including but not limited to web pages, audio and video: 1. Press release titled, “Hundreds of physicists and other scholars demand reinstatement of physicist fired for writing book,” along with appeal letter by physicists Talat Rahman, George F. Reiter, and Michael A. Lee, dated 14 January 2002. Also text: “Protests Press release”. 2. Letter to American Institute of Physics from 500+ physicists asking AIP to reinstate Jeff Schmidt and listing the names and affiliations of the signers. Dated 10 January 2002. Also text: “Protest letter from 541 physicists and others”. 3. Letter to AIP from about 150 non-scientists, solicited by Noam Chomsky, asking AIP to reinstate Schmidt and listing the names and affiliations of the signers. Dated 23 October 2003. Text: “Renowned linguist Noam Chomsky and 146 scholars and others protest firing”. 4. All individually written letters (whether or not the names of the authors are listed below), to AIP protesting the firing of Schmidt, dated 2000 to 2005, along with the text: “Physicists and others blast Physics
Today. Read 85 of their
letters... Charles
Gregg-Geist Eric
Herring Guillaume Belanger James
Owens Paul
Bryant Marlowe
Hood Terry
Goldman Simon
Moss John
McClelland Walter
Borst Robert
Mayo Dan
Bolef Sherman
Frankel Hilliard
Macomber David
Waller Sonya
Bahar Frederick
Dolan Eric
Altshuler Margaret
Dobbins Peter Drummond Alan
Sobel Vikram
Vyas Richard
Magat Bertram
Stiller Thomas
Gilbert Surendra
Gadekar Friedemann
Freund Steven
Mandell Wayne
Saslow Steven
Ross David
Markowitz Hansen
Shih Guy
Robinson Nick
Rivier Gian
Luca Lippi Igor
Alexeff Doug
Allan Jonathan
Allen M. P.
Anantram Vijay
Arora Anne
Miller-Bagwell Philip
Best Vlado
Bevc T. S.
Bhatia Ben
Brabson James
Brasseur Mikhael
Brown Milan
Cirkovic Ralph
Colby Stephen
Davis Philip
Vos Fellman Richard
Firestone Sean
Freeman Sanjay
Gupta Peter
Halevi Douglas
Jackson David
Johnson Roy
Johnston Jonathan
Katz Kirill
Kazakov Tom
Killian Kajoli
Krishnan Hermann
Kurthen Roderic
Lakes Kristina
Lerman Amand
Lucas Wayne
Lundberg David
Maker Al
McInturff Bill
Moran Normand
Mousseau Thomas
Nagy Marshall
Nathan Peter
Noerdlinger Subra
Pendyala Louis
Proyect M. V.
Ramana Denis
Rancourt Klaus
Rieckhoff Berol
Robinson Bruce
Rosenblum David
Talaga Niekiletta
Woullard Herbert
Zeman Ellen
Zweibel Denis
Cioffi” 5. Letter to AIP from 16 former Physics Today staff members asking AIP to reinstate Schmidt, dated 21 June 2000. 6. Statement titled, “Background info about Jeff Schmidt and Disciplined Minds,” by former Physics Today staff members Chris Mohr and Marlowe Hood. Also text: “Former Physics Today staffers give background”. 7. Letter to AIP from a group of nine physics education researchers asking AIP to reinstate Schmidt and listing the names and affiliations of the signers, dated 20 August 2003. 8. Letter to AIP from a majority of the physics academic staff at the University of Ottawa, Canada, protesting Schmidt’s firing and listing the names and positions of the 28 signers, dated 23 March 2002. 9. Response to AIP’s statement of 31 August 2001, by physicists Talat Rahman, George F. Reiter, Michael A. Lee, and Denis G. Rancourt, titled, “Protests force Physics Today to reveal its unsound case,” dated 14 January 2002. 10. Statement by Schmidt about his unemployment benefits hearing and his work for equal employment opportunity at Physics Today, titled, “State Rejects Physics Today’s Charge of Employee Misconduct,” dated 27 July 2000. 11. Plea for political support for Schmidt, encouraging readers to add their names to letters asking AIP to reinstate Schmidt. Dated August 2005. Any similar plea or text soliciting criticism and/or protests of AIP. 12. Lawsuit against AIP filed by pro-bono lawyers in United States District Court for Maryland, Southern Division, titled, “Plaintiff’s first amended and consolidated complaint,” case number 04-cv-3774, dated 10 December 2004. 13. Text on www.DisciplinedMinds.com
home page stating: “Physics Today fires author for writing Disciplined
Minds...”. 14. Segment of “About the Author” on www.DisciplinedMinds.com home page
stating: “until he was fired for writing this provocative book.” Any statement 15. Interview in .pdf form from The Biological Physicist in
which Schmidt discusses termination.
Any statement concerning Schmidt’s termination from employment with
AIP. Subject to arbitration
proceeding 16. “Readers Comment” section of home page. Also the following text: “Readers write... Three degrees in English, organizer Michelle Squitieri Redacted but remain posted Medical doctor Susan Rosenthaland graduate student Roberto Jankowski-Alfonso Redacted but remain posted Matt L.Redacted but remain posted
17. 8 press releases regarding termination (in addition to Item #10 above). 18. Statement of Marc Brodsky. 19. Italian translation of “Carta” interview (insofar as it discusses Schmidt firing). 20. Link to Italian radio audio clip (insofar as it discusses Schmidt firing). 21. Any correspondence to, from, amongst and between any former or present AIP personnel. 22. The following text: “Physics Today fires
author for writing Disciplined Minds...
More than 750 scientists and others protest firing. Noam Chomsky helps solicit signatures.
Scientists’ human rights committee issues public report
Physics education researchers condemn firing
American Association of Physics Teachers
session attendees protest firing Majority of physics academic staff at
University of Ottawa condemn firing Sixteen former Physics Today staff
members protest firing Pro-bono lawyers take legal action Update and plea for help Protests force Physics Today to reveal its unsound case... * CEO Marc Brodsky issues statement * Physicists reject Brodsky’s arguments Press release from the book’s publisher Lingua Franca magazine report Chronicle of Higher Education report Physics World report State rejects Physics Today’s charge of employee misconduct National Writers Union protests firing Albert Einstein -- Time Thief!From Writer’s Bloc Online (National Writers Union, D.C. Local) Washington Post item National Association of Science Writers reports protestsFrom ScienceWriters”
23.
“Thoughts from an undisciplined mind” (interview), by Sean Kelly, Canadian
Undergraduate Physics Journal, volume IV, issue 2, January 2006, page 19. Subject to arbitration proceeding |