Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists (ECAS) was founded by Albert Einstein, after he realized the destruction that the atomic bomb, something which he contributed to, could cause. The ECAS gained many prominent members, including famous chemist Linus Pauling. However, the ECAS was cut short by the death of Einstein. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.