Curriculum Vitae
Helmut Günther
CV: Born 1940 in Bochum. 1963 diploma in physics at the Humboldt-University
Berlin. 1966 and 1972 first and second DSc degrees. 1972-1962 lectures on Theoretical Physics at the Humboldt-University Berlin.
Academic positions: 1963–1969 Institut f. Reine Mathematik, Dt. Akad. Wiss.
Berlin. 1969–1982 Zentralinstitut f. Astrophysik, Potsdam-Babelsberg. 1982–1986
Einstein-Laboratorium f. Theoretische Physik, Potsdam-Babelsberg.
1986 escape from the GDR.
1987–1989 Max-Planck-Institut f. Metallforschung, Stutgart. 1989-1990 Institut f.
Theoretische & Angewandte Physik, Universität Stuttgart.
1990–2005 Prof. for Mathematics and Physics at the University of Applied Sciences,
Bielefeld.
An easily comprehensible, new approach is developed for deriving Einstein’s Special
Theory of Relativity. In this context, the universal constancy of the speed of light,
Einstein’s special principle of relativity will be explained. Furthermore, the complete
framework of special relativity—including the paradoxa and philosophical topics,
tachyons and causality and even the limits of validity—can be understood with the
help of a surprising physical model.
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license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
H. Günther, Elementary Approach to Special Relativity,
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Helmut Günther
CV: Born 1940 in Bochum. 1963 diploma in physics at the Humboldt-University
Berlin. 1966 and 1972 first and second DSc degrees. 1972-1962 lectures on Theoretical Physics at the Humboldt-University Berlin.
Academic positions: 1963–1969 Institut f. Reine Mathematik, Dt. Akad. Wiss.
Berlin. 1969–1982 Zentralinstitut f. Astrophysik, Potsdam-Babelsberg. 1982–1986
Einstein-Laboratorium f. Theoretische Physik, Potsdam-Babelsberg.
1986 escape from the GDR.
1987–1989 Max-Planck-Institut f. Metallforschung, Stutgart. 1989-1990 Institut f.
Theoretische & Angewandte Physik, Universität Stuttgart.
1990–2005 Prof. for Mathematics and Physics at the University of Applied Sciences,
Bielefeld.
An easily comprehensible, new approach is developed for deriving Einstein’s Special
Theory of Relativity. In this context, the universal constancy of the speed of light,
Einstein’s special principle of relativity will be explained. Furthermore, the complete
framework of special relativity—including the paradoxa and philosophical topics,
tachyons and causality and even the limits of validity—can be understood with the
help of a surprising physical model.
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive
license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
H. Günther, Elementary Approach to Special Relativity,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3168-2
349