Vladimir Paar (born 1942) is a
Croatian physicist and university professor.
Paar was born in Zagreb.
He graduated from the
Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
Faculty of Science ( hr, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet,lit. the Faculty of natural sciences and mathematics abbr: ''PMF'') is a faculty of the University of Zagreb that comprises seven departments - biology, physics, chemistry, mathemati ...
, where he is currently a professor emeritus. He is a full member of the
Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts since 1992.
His scientific interests include theoretical
nuclear physics,
chaos theory
Chaos theory is an interdisciplinary area of scientific study and branch of mathematics focused on underlying patterns and deterministic laws of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions, and were once thought to have co ...
in physics and technology,
computer modeling in
clinical medicine,
energetics Energetics is the study of energy, and may refer to:
* Thermodynamics
* Bioenergetics
* Energy flow (ecology)
Energy flow is the flow of energy through living things within an ecosystem. All living organisms can be organized into producers and ...
, and
history of physics.
To the general public he is known as a popularizer of science, being the author of two books, hundreds of newspaper articles and several television series in the field of
popular science
''Popular Science'' (also known as ''PopSci'') is an American digital magazine carrying popular science content, which refers to articles for the general reader on science and technology subjects. ''Popular Science'' has won over 58 awards, incl ...
.
Paar is a global warming denier and is an advocate of a new ice age hypothesis. He argues that the rise of
carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere is the effect - rather than the cause - of global climate change, and that the true cause lies in the change of Earth's orbit due to gravitational pull of
Jupiter and other planets of the
Solar System. Paar believes that the evidence against anthropogenic global warming is being deliberately suppressed.
References
External links
Personal pageat the
Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
1942 births
Croatian physicists
Croatian science writers
Scientists from Zagreb
Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb alumni
Academic staff of the University of Zagreb
Members of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Living people
21st-century Croatian scientists
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