Walter Theimer

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Walter Theimer (born November 5, 1903 in Prague , Austria-Hungary , † October 15, 1989 in Munich ) was a German scientist and non-fiction author .

Life

After his time in a Prague secondary school and then in a commercial academy, Theimer completed an apprenticeship in banking. Until 1939 he worked as an editor for the business and stock exchange sections of the German-language magazine Bohemia . He also worked in the archives of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in London . Walter Theimer had language skills in English, Czech, Russian, Spanish and French.

After the end of the Second World War , he studied chemistry at Imperial College London and later also chose biology and physics. After studying at the Universities of Bern and Hamburg , Theimer received his diploma from the University of Bonn in 1959. At the University of Munich , he was in 1965 for Dr. rer. nat. PhD.

During his studies he also worked as a non-fiction author of political and scientific works. His work The Marxism - Doctrine, Effect, Criticism (1950), which was reprinted for the eighth time in 1985, became particularly well known . In 1977 Theimer's book The Theory of Relativity - Doctrine, Effects, Criticism appeared , in which he criticized Albert Einstein's theory of relativity . According to Hubert Goenner , Theimer's objections were based on an obviously incorrect understanding of the theory, which is why they were not discussed further by experts. As an outsider in science, however, he aroused the interest of the Austrian science journalist Reinhard Schlögl, who discussed Walter Theimer with Gotthard Barth and Ekkehard Friebe on January 12, 1994. Can Einstein be refuted? The pros and cons of the theory of relativity in the Salzburg night studio of ORF Radio Austria 1 .

Fonts (selection)

  • The Penguin Political Dictionary. Harmondsworth 1939.
  • Encyclopaedia of World Politics. Edited, revised and enlarged by Peter Campbell. London 1950 (471 pp.).
  • History of political ideas. Bern 1955.
  • From Bebel to Ollenhauer. The path of German social democracy from its beginnings in the 19th century to the present. Munich 1957 (129 pages).
  • Marxism - doctrine, effect, criticism. Bern 1959, 4th ed. 1963 (171 pages).
  • The theory of relativity. Teaching, impact, criticism. Francke, Bern / Munich 1977, ISBN 3-7720-1260-4 .
  • Handbook of basic scientific terms. Munich 1978 (533 pages), 2nd edition: Tübingen 1986 (553 pages).
  • What is science Tübingen 1985 (163 pages).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Walter Theimer: Free amino acids in the blood serum of young and old people . With a digression on serum proteins. Dissertation, University of Munich 1965. Information on the life of Walter Theimer can be found in the curriculum.
  2. ^ Walter Theimer - Nonsense is no criticism , September 10, 2008, accessed on March 4, 2016.
  3. ↑ Goenner, Hubert: Review of: Theimer, W., Die Relativitätstheorie . In: Physical sheets . 38, No. 3, 1981, p. 78.
  4. ↑ Salzburger Nachtstudio on January 12, 1994, ORF Radio Austria 1 ( Memento of the original from November 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved November 12, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / katalog.mediathek.at
personal data
SURNAME Theimer, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German scientist and non-fiction author
DATE OF BIRTH 5th November 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH October 15, 1989
Place of death Munich