Hans Deyssenroth
Hans Deyssenroth | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | January 29, 1937 |
| Residence | Loerrach, BW, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Known for | Relativity, Quantum Mechanics |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physicist, Biometrician, Programmer |
Hans Deyssenroth (born 29 January 1937) is a German physicist, biometrician and programmer known for his critical reinterpretation of the Special Theory of Relativity. He argues that in Special Relativity a clear distinction must be drawn between the relativistic effects that are observed and those that are physically realized, maintaining that experimental findings should take precedence over theoretical interpretation.
Biography
Deyssenroth studied electrotechnology at the Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe in Germany and physics at the University of Basel in Switzerland, where he earned a diploma in physics (Dipl. Phys.). He subsequently worked in the pharmaceutical industry in Switzerland in various functions, including as a biometrician and as head of an information-technology department, and was a co-author of roughly twenty publications in that field. He resides in Loerrach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
According to Deyssenroth, during his professional career he had little opportunity to consider the foundations of physics in depth, and it was only after his retirement that he began to develop his views on relativity. He states that it became clear to him that in the Special Theory of Relativity one should distinguish between the observed relativistic effects and the physically realized relativistic effects, the latter of which he regards as contradicting the first postulate of the theory. His stated credo is that experimental findings and observed phenomena should not be ignored or denied, and that they are more important than any theory.
Alongside his scientific activity, Deyssenroth is a jazz pianist. He gave his first concerts in Lörrach in 1961, received several prizes in Baden-Württemberg, and performed with musicians and groups such as the Oscar Klein Group and the band Brainticket, in addition to teaching at the Basel Jazz School. In the 1980s he turned to computer-based music, and in 2004 he founded the Ritmo Jazz Group.
Scientific contributions
After retiring, Deyssenroth became engaged in questioning the interpretation of the Theories of Relativity. His work centres on the Lorentz transformation, which he presents together with an alternative interpretation intended to separate apparent (observed) relativistic effects from physically real ones. On this basis he has published re-analyses of classic experiments and observations, including the Michelson–Morley experiment and the interpretation of the twin paradox as a scaling issue.
In later work he examined lunar laser-ranging data, arguing from the return rates of photons reflected by mirrors left on the Moon that the reflected light arrives at the position the Earth occupied some 2.55 seconds earlier, which he interprets as evidence against a particular reading of Special Relativity. His conference and journal contributions have been presented under titles such as "Symmetry Experiment to the Lorentz Transformation" (2017), "Are We Wrong About the Michelson–Morley Experiment?" (2020) and "Surprises in the Return-rates of Photons from a Mirror on the Moon" (2023).
Abstracts
- 2008 - "Schein und Wirklichkeit in den Relativit?tstheorien"
- 2007 - "[[Fehlinterpretation in der Speziellen Relativit?tstheorie?
Skalierungsfehler beim Zwillingsparadoxon ]]" (Read in full)
External links
- Hans Deyssenroth research profile at ResearchGate
- Hans Deyssenroth biography as a jazz pianist