Pervez Hoodbhoy's mission is to erect buildings that can withstand a major earthquake, like the one that killed more than 70 000 people, injured 200 000 more, and made 2.8 million homeless in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Northern India last October. Working with other physicists from Quaid‐e‐Azam University in Islamabad, Pakistan, 220 kilometers southwest of the earthquake's epicenter, Hoodbhoy has so far raised $400 000, largely from US physicists and arms‐control analysts. The relief‐team physicists are using the money to build private homes, shelters, and schools.