Holm Gero Hümmler (born September 22, 1970) is a German nuclear physicist and skeptic, living in Bad Homburg, near Frankfurt am Main.
Holm Gero Hümmler | |
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 Holm Gero Hümmler, 2017 | |
| Born | September 22, 1970[1][2] |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | Goethe University Frankfurt, Technical University of Munich, University of Hagen |
| Occupation(s) | Physicist, consultant |
| Website | https://quantenquark.com/holm-huemmler/ |
Biography
editHümmler was born in Hanau. He studied physics[1][2][3][4][5] and meteorology[1][2][5][6] at Goethe University Frankfurt, together with economy at University of Hagen.[1][2][5] He was active in politics while at university.[7] While working on his diploma thesis he spent several months at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland.[1][2][4][6] He completed his PhD at Technical University of Munich in 2000.[4] He also worked at Max Planck Society, physics department.[1][2][4][6] Hümmler describes his field of physics as being between nuclear physics and particle physics.[7]
He participated in the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider in Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York.[1][4][6] He left science in 2001 and first worked for Boston Consulting Group.[2] In 2007 he founded Uncertainty Managers Consulting. The company specializes in numerical models for business planning, mainly for the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare sector.[3]
He lives and works in Bad Homburg,[8] near Frankfurt am Main.
Skepticism
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Hümmler has been active in the German skeptics' group GWUP since 1990s.[1] He was a regional spokesman and convenor for the Frankfurt area.[3] He first became interested in skepticism after reading about the European Skeptics Congress.[7] For several years he was an editor of The Skeptiker magazine.[9] He now investigates pseudoscience claims mostly from the areas of pseudo-physics, business esoterics, conspiracy theories,[2][3] supernatural claims in martial arts,[2][3][6][9] alleged UFO encounters,[5][6][9] weather effects,[5][9] biological influence of radiation,[5] misuse of physics terminology in pseudoscience, especially in Quantum Theory and Theory of Relativity,[9] debunking free energy theories[9] and quantum healing[3].
Hümmler appears in media as a GWUP expert commenting on conspiracy theories, such as chemtrails.[3] In 2008 he investigated the abilities of Shaolin monks on the Galileo Mystery TV show.[3]
In a German Physik Journal, an official journal of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, which is the world's largest organization of physicists, Hümmler wrote an article calling physicists to take a stand against the esoteric abuse of science.[10]
His first book, Relativer Quantenquark, was published in April 2017. It deals with pseudo-physical claims in esoterics and alternative medicine, but it also explains the basics of quantum mechanics and relativity.[11][12] As of July 2017, Hümmler is working on a new book.[7]
Hümmler is an author of the science blog quantenquark.com.[3] He was a speaker at the 17th European Skeptics Congress in Wrocław, Poland, where he presented a speech titled Relative Quantum Nonsense: Don't be Fooled by False Physics.[3]
Publications
edit- Tachyonen: Schnelles Geld mit schnellen Teilchen – oder ohne? Ein missbrauchter Begriff der Physik (Tachions: Quick money from quick particles – or not? A misused physical concept.) Skeptiker 4/2002, p. 154, doc file[permanent dead link]
- Tachyonen, Felder, Freie Energie – wie die Esoterik die Begriffe der Physik missbraucht (Tachions, fields, free energy – misused physical concepts) (lecture PDF notes)
- Chemtrails – Zwischen Meteorologie und Verschwörungstheorie (Chemtrails between meteorology and conspiracy theory) Skeptiker 2/2006, pp. 48–55, PDF file
- Das Geheimnis des Kung Fu (The secret of Kung-fu) Skeptiker 3/2006, pp. 112–120
- Erdbebenmaschinen Das HAARP – Experiment und die Verschwörungstheoretiker (HAARP experiment and conspiracy theorists) Skeptiker 3/2011, pages 108 – 116
Books
edit- Relativer Quantenquark. Kann die moderne Physik die Esoterik belegen? (Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2017) ISBN 978-3662538289
- Verschwörungsmythen. Wie wir mit verdrehten Fakten für dumm verkauft werden. (Hirzel, 2019) ISBN 978-3777627809
- with Ulrike Schiesser: Fakt und Vorurteil. Kommunikation mit Esoterikern, Fanatikern und Verschwörungsgläubigen. Springer Berlin 2021, ISBN 978-3662632086
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Dr. Holm Gero Hümmler". Archived from the original on July 19, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "autor". Relativer Quantenquark. Esoterik, Bullshit und Spekulatives unter dem Mäntelchen der modernen Physik. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Holm Gero Hümmler". 17th European Skeptics Congress. European Council of Skeptical Organisations. Archived from the original on July 19, 2017. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Hümmler, Holm Gero. "Dr. Holm Gero Hümmler – Science". Archived from the original on July 18, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "Who is Who Dr. Holm Hümmler" (in German). Gesellschaft zur Wissenschaftliche Untersuchung von Parawissenschaften e.V. Archived from the original on May 27, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "Dr. Holm Hümmler". Skepkon. Die Konferenz für Wissenschaft und Kritisches Denken (in German). Gesellschaft zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung von Parawissenschaften. Archived from the original on July 19, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ a b c d "TheESP Ep. No. 084 – Holm Gero Hummler" (podcast). The European Skeptics Podcast. July 31, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
- ^ Hümmler, Holm Gero. "Dr. Holm Gero Hümmler – personal homepage". Archived from the original on July 18, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f Hümmler, Holm Gero. "Dr. Holm Gero Hümmler – Skepticism". Archived from the original on July 19, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ "Relativer Quantenquark. Physikerinnen und Physiker sollten Stellung gegen den esoterischen Missbrauch ihrer Wissenschaft beziehen" (pdf). Physik Journal (4/2015): 3. ISSN 1617-9439.
- ^ Hümmler, Holm Gero (2017). Relativer Quantenquark. Kann die moderne Physik die Esoterik belegen?. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3662538289.
- ^ Bernd Harder (March 29, 2017). "Ab jetzt lieferbar: Das Buch "Relativer Quantenquark" von Holm Gero Hümmler". GWUP. Die Skeptiker (in German). Gesellschaft zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung von Parawissenschaften. Archived from the original on July 17, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2017.