Petr Beckmann
| Petr Beckmann | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 13, 1924 Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Died | August 3, 1993 (aged 68) Boulder, Colorado |
| Nationality | Czech |
| Fields | Electrical Engineering |
| Institutions | University of Colorado |
| Alma mater | Czech Academy of Sciences |
| Known for |
Libertarianism Advocate of nuclear power Criticism of relativity theory Criticism of modern physics |
Petr Beckmann (November 13, 1924 in Prague, Czechoslovakia – August 3, 1993 in Boulder, Colorado) was a professor of electrical engineering who became a well-known advocate of libertarianism and nuclear power. Later in his life he challenged Albert Einstein's theory of relativity and other accepted theories in modern physics.
In 1939, when Beckmann was 14, his family fled their home in Prague, Czechoslovakia to escape the Nazis. From 1942 to 1945, he served in a Czech squadron of the RAF. He received a B.Sc. in 1949, a Ph.D. in 1955, and a D.Sc. in 1962, all from Prague's Czech Academy of Sciences in electrical engineering. He defected to the United States in 1963 and became a Professor (later, Emeritus) of electrical engineering at the University of Colorado. In the United States, he became acquainted with novelist Ayn Rand, a contributing editor to a publication devoted to her ideas, The Intellectual Activist, and a speaker at The Thomas Jefferson School, an intellectual conference of similar purpose.
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