Burkhard Heim was particularly interested in the application of his theory to the development of hyperspace travel.
23 Facts About Burkhard Heim
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In 1943, Burkhard Heim met Werner Heisenberg, a German physicist involved in atom bomb research, and told him of his plan to use a form of chemical implosion to facilitate an atomic explosion.
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At the start of World War II, Burkhard Heim avoided conscription into the German Air Force by working in a chemical laboratory as an explosives technician.
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In 1952, during the third congressional session of the International Astronautical Federation in Stuttgart, Germany, Burkhard Heim presented his theory for interplanetary propulsion under the title of "Die dynamische Kontrabarie als Losung des astronomischen Problems".
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Burkhard Heim wrote his diploma thesis on physical processes in the Crab Nebula Supernova.
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In 1955, Heim was contracted by the Glenn L Martin Company to assist them with a gravity control propulsion project.
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The news about Burkhard Heim's contract was published during a period of increasing United States gravity control propulsion research.
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In 1956, Burkhard Heim completed a 27-page progress report that summarized his philosophy and his theory for coupling general relativity with quantum dynamics for propulsion applications.
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In November 1957, Burkhard Heim delivered a lecture about his propulsion theory to the German Society for Rocket Technology and Space Travel in Frankfurt.
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In 1959, Burkhard Heim completed his first publication in the German journal Zeitschrift fur Flugkorper.
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Burkhard Heim stopped working on the propulsion aspect of his theory in 1959.
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Burkhard Heim spent the remainder of his life devoted to refining the unified field attributes of his theory.
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On 17 November 1969, Burkhard Heim reported the progress he had made towards developing his unified field theory to Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm.
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On 25 November 1976, Burkhard Heim publicly introduced, for the first time, his completed unified field theory in a presentation to MBB engineers.
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Pursuant to recommendations by Werner Heisenberg's successor, Hans-Peter Durr, Burkhard Heim published his unified field theory summary the following year in an article entitled "Recommendations of a Way to a Unified Description of Elementary Particles" in the Max Planck Institute journal Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung.
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Up to that point, Burkhard Heim had not yet confided in other theoretical physicists on the details of the mass formula derivation.
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Hans Theodor Auerbach, a theoretical physicist and colleague of Burkhard Heim has stated that, "As far as I understand it, Burkhard Heim theory is ingenious," and, "I think that physics will take this direction in the future".
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Burkhard Heim had to undergo a series of at least 50 operations after a laboratory explosion that resulted in the loss of both of his hands.
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Burkhard Heim had found that intense concentration on the study of Einstein's relativity theory had helped him control the pain in his arms mentally and physically.
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The loss of his hands and serious reduction of his eyesight apparently resulted in Burkhard Heim acquiring an eidetic, acoustic memory.
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Burkhard Heim was said to rarely forget a formula if he heard it recited, and he was said to be able to learn a language in a matter of days.
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Burkhard Heim married a former concert singer from Prague in 1950 named Gerda.
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Burkhard Heim achieved some media renown in the 1950s and 1960s, but his ideas have never been well-accepted in the physics community.