Holm Gero Hümmler (born September 22, 1970) is a German

nuclear physicist Nuclear physics is the field of physics that studies atomic nuclei and their constituents and interactions, in addition to the study of other forms of nuclear matter. Nuclear physics should not be confused with atomic physics, which studies the ...

and

skeptic Skepticism ( US) or scepticism ( UK) is a questioning attitude or doubt toward knowledge claims that are seen as mere belief or dogma. For example, if a person is skeptical about claims made by their government about an ongoing war then the p ...

, living in

Bad Homburg Bad Homburg vor der Höhe (, ) is the district town of the Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse, Germany, on the southern slope of the Taunus mountains. Bad Homburg is part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area. The town's official name is ''Bad Homburg ...

, near

Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the forela ...

Biography

Hümmler was born in

Hanau Hanau () is a city in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is 25 km east of Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main and part of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region. Its railway Hanau Hauptbahnhof, station is a ma ...

. He studied

physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

and

meteorology Meteorology is the scientific study of the Earth's atmosphere and short-term atmospheric phenomena (i.e. weather), with a focus on weather forecasting. It has applications in the military, aviation, energy production, transport, agricultur ...

Goethe University Frankfurt Goethe University Frankfurt () is a public research university located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was founded in 1914 as a citizens' university, which means it was founded and funded by the wealthy and active liberal citizenry of Frankfurt ...

, together with economy at

University of Hagen The University of Hagen (, informally often referred to as FU Hagen) is a Public university, public research university that is primarily focused on distance education, distance teaching. While its main campus is located in Hagen, North Rhine- ...

. He was active in politics while at university. While working on his diploma thesis he spent several months at

CERN The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN (; ; ), is an intergovernmental organization that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. Established in 1954, it is based in Meyrin, western suburb of Gene ...

in Geneva, Switzerland. He completed his PhD at

Technical University of Munich The Technical University of Munich (TUM or TU Munich; ) is a public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It specializes in engineering, technology, medicine, and applied and natural sciences. Established in 1868 by King Ludwig II ...

in 2000. He also worked at

Max Planck Society The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (; abbreviated MPG) is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes. Founded in 1911 as the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, it was renamed to the M ...

, physics department. Hümmler describes his field of physics as being between nuclear physics and particle physics. He participated in the STAR experiment at the

Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC ) is the first and one of only two operating heavy- ion colliders, and the only spin-polarized proton collider ever built. Located at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) in Upton, New York, and used ...

Brookhaven National Laboratory Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is a United States Department of Energy national laboratories, United States Department of Energy national laboratory located in Upton, New York, a hamlet of the Brookhaven, New York, Town of Brookhaven. It w ...

Upton, New York Upton is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located on Eastern Long Island in the town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is the home of the Brookhaven National Laboratory and a National Weather Service (NWS) We ...

. He left science in 2001 and first worked for

Boston Consulting Group Boston Consulting Group, Inc. (BCG) is an American global management consulting firm founded in 1963 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the "Big Three (management consultancies), Big Three" (or MBB, the world's three large ...

. In 2007 he founded Uncertainty Managers Consulting. The company specializes in numerical models for business planning, mainly for the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare sector. He lives and works in

, near

Skepticism

Hümmler has been active in the German skeptics' group GWUP since 1990s. He was a regional spokesman and convenor for the Frankfurt area. He first became interested in skepticism after reading about the European Skeptics Congress. For several years he was an editor of The Skeptiker magazine. He now investigates pseudoscience claims mostly from the areas of pseudo-physics, business esoterics, conspiracy theories, supernatural claims in martial arts, alleged UFO encounters, weather effects, biological influence of radiation, misuse of physics terminology in pseudoscience, especially in Quantum Theory and

Theory of Relativity The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated physics theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity, proposed and published in 1905 and 1915, respectively. Special relativity applies to all physical ph ...

, debunking free energy theories and

quantum healing Quantum healing is a pseudoscientific mixture of ideas purportedly drawn from quantum mechanics, psychology, philosophy, and neurophysiology. Advocates of quantum healing assert that quantum phenomena govern health and wellbeing. There are diffe ...

. Hümmler appears in media as a GWUP expert commenting on conspiracy theories, such as chemtrails. In 2008 he investigated the abilities of

Shaolin monks Shaolin Monastery ( zh, labels=no, c=少林寺, p=shàolínsì), also known as Shaolin Temple, is a monastic institution recognized as the birthplace of Chan Buddhism and the cradle of Shaolin kung fu. It is located at the foot of Wuru Peak o ...

on the Galileo Mystery TV show. In a German

Physik Journal ' is the official journal of the . Before 2002 it was named '. History The ' was founded in 1943 by , who was also the editor from 1944 to 1972. At the start, it was issued by the . Starting in 1946, it became an official publication of the ...

, an official journal of the

Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft The German Physical Society (German: , DPG) is the oldest organisation of physicists. As of 2022, the DPG's worldwide membership is cited as 52,220, making it one of the largest national physics societies in the world. The DPG's membership peaked ...

, which is the world's largest organization of physicists, Hümmler wrote an article calling physicists to take a stand against the esoteric abuse of science. His first book, ''Relativer Quantenquark'', was published in April 2017. It deals with pseudo-physical claims in esoterics and alternative medicine, but it also explains the basics of quantum mechanics and relativity. As of July 2017, Hümmler is working on a new book. Hümmler is an author of the science blog ''quantenquark.com''. He was a speaker at the 17th European Skeptics Congress in

Wrocław Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...

, Poland, where he presented a speech titled ''Relative Quantum Nonsense: Don't be Fooled by False Physics''.

Publications

* ''Tachyonen: Schnelles Geld mit schnellen Teilchen – oder ohne? Ein missbrauchter Begriff der Physik'' ( Tachions: Quick money from quick particles – or not? A misused physical concept.) Skeptiker 4/2002, p. 154
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* ''Tachyonen, Felder, Freie Energie – wie die Esoterik die Begriffe der Physik missbraucht'' (Tachions, fields, free energy – misused physical concepts) (lecture PDF notes) * ''Chemtrails – Zwischen Meteorologie und Verschwörungstheorie'' ( Chemtrails between meteorology and conspiracy theory) Skeptiker 2/2006, pp. 48–55
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* ''Das Geheimnis des Kung Fu'' (The secret of

Kung-fu Chinese martial arts, commonly referred to with umbrella terms kung fu (; ), kuoshu () or wushu (), are multiple fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in Greater China. These fighting styles are often classified according to c ...

) Skeptiker 3/2006, pp. 112–120 * ''Erdbebenmaschinen Das HAARP – Experiment und die Verschwörungstheoretiker'' ( HAARP experiment and conspiracy theorists) Skeptiker 3/2011, pages 108 – 116

Books

* ''Relativer Quantenquark. Kann die moderne Physik die Esoterik belegen?'' (Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2017) * ''Verschwörungsmythen. Wie wir mit verdrehten Fakten für dumm verkauft werden.'' (Hirzel, 2019) * with Ulrike Schiesser: ''Fakt und Vorurteil. Kommunikation mit Esoterikern, Fanatikern und Verschwörungsgläubigen.'' Springer Berlin 2021,

References

External links

Personal website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hummler, Holm Gero German skeptics Living people 1970 births People from Bad Homburg vor der Höhe Goethe University Frankfurt alumni Technical University of Munich alumni University of Hagen alumni German nuclear physicists People associated with CERN