Heinrich Hemme

Heinrich Hemme (born November 5, 1955 in Nordhorn ) is a German physicist, university professor at the FH Aachen and author.

Life

Hemme studied physics in Osnabrück from 1979 to 1984 and received his doctorate in this subject in 1987 with a thesis on anisotropic magneto-optical waveguides and their applications . From 1988 to 1993 he was a scientist in the research laboratories of the Philips company in Hamburg and Aachen . Since 1993 he has been a full professor at the FH Aachen . His main focus is on the field of integrated magneto-optics .

Heinrich Hemme is the author of numerous mostly popular scientific articles and books in the field of mathematics and physics. For example, he regularly writes the science column Cogito in the magazine Bild der Wissenschaft .

Publications (selection)

• The Egg of Columbus and other devious puzzles. Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Reinbek 2004, ISBN 3-499-61927-X .
• Eureka! Math puzzles with surprising solutions. Anaconda Verlag, Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-86647-730-8 .
• Kopfnuss: 101 mathematical puzzles from four millennia and five continents. Beck Verlag, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-406-63704-9 .
• The great book of math puzzles. Anaconda Verlag, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-7306-0007-8 .
• The great book of paradoxes. Anaconda Verlag, Cologne 2018, ISBN 978-3-7306-0569-1 .
• The magical squares: puzzles and riddles from 1001 nights. Anaconda Verlag, Cologne 2019, ISBN 978-3-7306-0694-0 .
• The devil's squares. Anaconda Verlag, Cologne 2020, ISBN 978-3-7306-0891-3 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Heinrich Hemme in the catalog of the German National Library
• Heinrich Hemmes website at the FH Aachen
• FAZ article by Hemme: Tracking down God's number