Christof W. Burckhardt

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Christof W. Burckhardt (born February 16, 1927 in Zurich ; † May 16, 2017 in Renens ) was a Swiss physicist and author of detective novels.

Life

Christof Walter Burckhardt was born in Zurich as the son of the architect couple Elsa Burckhardt-Blum and Ernst Friedrich Burckhardt . From 1947 to 1952 he studied physics at the ETH Zurich , from 1953 to 1955 at the University of Bern , where he also received his doctorate. From 1955 to 1965 he worked at the Battelle Institute in Geneva , then at the University of Illinois (USA). Between 1966 and 1970 he was director of TEST AG in Geneva. From 1969 to 1994 he was professor of microtechnology at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Lausanne (ETHL) ' with a focus on industrial robots , sensor technology and medical technology .

During his youth he played the piano and trombone in the jazz band Stomp-Club Küsnacht (1948–1952).

After retiring in 1994, he began writing detective novels with a technical background; its protagonist is Esther Correvon, a young police superintendent from Zurich.

Works

  • Industrial robots - Robots industriels - Industrial robots , conference reports (1975)
  • Device for measuring force , patent (1985)
  • Automation, control, robots , textbook (1984)
  • Apparatus for measurement of an eye's response to visual flicker , Patent (1993)
  • The Robot , detective novel (1998)
  • Mephisto in Venice , detective novel (1999)
  • Murderer with a violin , detective novel (2001)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christof Burckhardt: Measurement of the absorption of cosmic rays with the scintillation counter . 1955.
  2. ^ Christof Burckhardt: The Stomp Club Küsnacht. (pdf) In: on www.ortsgeschichte-kuesnacht.ch. Retrieved April 13, 2020 .
  3. ↑ BURCKHARDT, Christof W. In: Librairie Compagnie. Retrieved April 13, 2020 (French).
  4. ^ A b Patents by Inventor Christof W. Burckhardt. In: JUSTIA Patents. Accessed April 13, 2020 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Burckhardt, Christof W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Burckhardt, Christof Walter (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss physicist and author of detective novels
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 2017
Place of death Renens