Mathematician:Petr Beckmann

Mathematician

Czech-born professor of electrical engineering who became a well-known advocate of libertarianism and nuclear power.

Later in his life he disputed Albert Einstein's theory of relativity and other accepted theories in modern physics.

Nationality

Czech

History

• Born: November 13, 1924 in Prague, Czechoslovakia
• Died: August 3, 1993 in Boulder, Colorado

Publications

• 1967: Probability in Communication Engineering
• 1968: Elements of Applied Probability Theory
• 1968: Depolarization of Electromagnetic Waves
• 1969: Whispered Anecdotes: Humor from Behind the Iron Curtain
• 1970: A History of Pi
• 1972: The Structure of Language: A New Approach
• 1973: Eco-hysterics & the Technophobes
• 1973: Orthogonal Polynomials for Engineers and Physicists
• 1976: Elementary Queuing Theory and Telephone Traffic
• 1977: The Health Hazards of Not Going Nuclear
• 1980: Hammer and Tickle: Clandestine Laughter in the Soviet Empire
• 1987: Einstein Plus Two
• 1987: Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves from Rough Surfaces
• 1989: Musical Musings