Burkhard Heim

Burkard Heim (February 9 1925–January 14 2001) was a German theoretical physicist. He devoted a large portion of his life to the pursuit of his unified field theory. The inspiration for Heim theory is from general relativity and quantum mechanics, both of which were considered fundamental to a physical understanding of the universe. One of his childhood ambitions was to develop a method of space travel, which contributed to his motivation to find such a theory.

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During World War II, Heim was recruited by the Nazis and worked briefly in a chemical laboratory as an explosives technician. An explosion in the laboratory caused by the mishandling of unstable compounds left him with a debilitating handicap. The accident left him without hands and seriously deaf and blind when he was 19. His behaviour subsequently became progressively eccentric and reclusive. Eventually, he retreated into almost total seclusion, concentrating on developing and refining his theory of everything.

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A large proportion of Heim's private study focused on the unification of space and time using the mathematics of geometrical forms. The result of these efforts are described more fully in the companion article Heim theory. This article contains primarily biographical information about Heim.

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