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Hans Breuer

1933-2020

Author of 23 mainly scientific books

A former professor at universities in Canada and the USA
he worked as an independent author and consultant

Hans Adolf Breuer was born on 22 October 1933 in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, and grew up in Berlin.
He studied Physics at the Universities of Berlin (Humboldt University) and Frankfurt (Dipl-Phys 1958, summa cum laude, Dr. phil. nat. 1962, cum laude). He studied Medicine and Modern Literature at the Universities of Innsbruck and Tübingen (1962 - 1964).
Honorary Lecturer at the Department for Bio Medical Engineering, University of Cape Town.

Hans was an independent author and translator of scientific books. He also worked as consultant for lasers in Medicine and had his own company, Stellenbosch Scientific Instruments CC. Together with his sons he wrote a complex planning program for proton - radiotherapy: Proteus. It was the best of its kind for many years.
The story how this project was sabotaged by a jealous colleague, a mediocre physicist, still needs to be told.

Hans was married to Rosemarie, née Berg since 1967. They had three sons, Klaus (1968-2013), Hannes and Florian.

Hans is co-author of the book: Sailing with Piff and Mauz, 2012.
By the way: Hans is 'King Kalinko' in his wife's book in 3 languages (so far),
Zauberer Zettelwitz vom Tafelberg - Table Mountain Wizard - Die Towenaar van Tafelberg (published in 2010, 2011 and 2012)

Hobbies: Adventurous travels, Physics, Writing, Nature, Reading
Sports: Rowing, sailing, tennis and golf
Favourite reading: Science and Science Fiction, journeys and history.
Frans G. Bengtsson, The Long Ships: A Saga of the Viking Age / Die Abenteuer des Röde Orm.
Tony Horwitz, Blue latitudes (Excellent book on Captain Cook)
Science Fiction by Fred Hoyle, The Black Cloud, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids and more
Favourite quote: Wer weiß, wozu es gut war!

Hans Breuer died on 19 April 2020 in Somerset West.

Publications:
The dtv-Atlas books on Physics and Chemistry are bestsellers and appear in revised editions every few years. They have been translated into Czech, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Serbian, Slovenian and Spanish with more translations in preparation, including Arabic.
52 journal articles (refereed) and reports, 5 Book contributions,
21 Scientific books and text books in Chemistry, Physics, Physics in Medicine and Computer Sciences,
2 General books (Morocco travel guide and a book on the Inventions and Discoveries of the Far East)
Translations from German: Handbook of Laser in Medicine, Springer 2003
How does MIR work, Springer 2003

1. Dictionary for computer languages (A.P.I.C. studies in data processing) Academic Press, London 1966 2. Experiments in Modern Physics University of Saskatchewan Press, Saskatoon, Canada, 1968 3. Fortran-Fibel Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim, Germany, 1969 4. Algol-Fibel BI, Mannheim, Germany, 1973 5. PL1-Fibel BI, Mannheim, Germany, 1973 6. Physics for life science students (Prentice-Hall physics series) Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, USA, 1975 7. Taschenwörterbuch der Programmiersprachen Algol, Fortran, PL1 BI, Mannheim, Germany, 1976 8. Physik für Mediziner und Naturwissenschaftler (Springer-Lehrbuch) (German Edition) Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, and DTV, München, Germany, 1978 9. Gebrauchsmathematik Adaptation and Translation of : Clifford Swartz, Used Math DTV, München, Germany 1979 10. Entdeckt-Erforscht-Entwickelt, Vol 1 DTV, München, 1981 11. dtv-Atlas Chemie 1. Allgemeine und anorganische Chemie. DTV, München 1981 10th edition 2004, translated into 9 languages 12. dtv - Atlas zur Chemie II. Organische Chemie und Kunststoffe. DTV, München, 1983 9th edition 2000, translated into 9 languages Voted One Of The Best Scientific Books of 1983 by the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels

13. Entdeckt-Erforscht-Entwickelt, Vol.2 DTV, München, 1983 14. ..., Klaus Breuer, Die Basic Fibel BI-Wissenschaftsverlag, Mannheim, Germany, 1986 15. dtv-Atlas Physik, Band 1. Mechanik, Akustik, Thermodynamik, Optik. DTV, München, 1987 7th edition 2004, translated into 8 languages 16. dtv-Atlas Physik, Band 2. Elektrizität, Magnetismus, Festkörper, Moderne Physik. DTV, München 1988 6th edition 2005, translated into 7 languages and more to come 17. Taschenatlas Physik für Mediziner (Springer-Lehrbuch) (German Edition) , Springer-Lehrbuch Springer, Heidelberg, 1989 18. G.G. Jaros, ... : Physics and Chemistry for Nurses Butterworth, Durban, South Africa, 1990 19. Atlas zur Informatik DTV, München, Germany, 1995 20. G.G. Jaros, ... : Physics and Chemistry for Health Care Professionals Heinemann, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1997 21. ..., B. Smit : Proton Therapy and Radio surgery Springer, Heidelberg, 2000 Translation of: Handbook of Lasers in Medicine Springer, Heidelberg, 2000 22. Marokko Kurt Schröder Verlag, Bonn, Germany, 1963, revised edition 1972 23. Kolumbus war Chinese, Entdeckungen und Erfindungen im Fernen Osten Societäts Verlag, Frankfurt, Germany, 1970, 2.edition 1972, Bookclub 1971 English edition:Herder&Herder, New York, 1972, Pocket ed. DTV, 1979

The 9th translation
The Japanese (and 9th) translation of dtv Atlas Physik appeared in August 2009