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Dr. Hans Breuer 18 Constantia Ave.  Stellenbosch 7600  South Africa  021 887 6939

Hans is now an independent author and translator of scientific books. He also works as consultant for lasers in Medicine and has his own company, Stellenbosch Scientific Instruments CC. Together with his sons he wrote a complex planning program for proton - radiotherapy.
Hans has been married to Rosemarie, née Berg since 1967. They have three sons, Klaus, Hannes and Florian.

By the way: Hans is 'King Kalinko' in his wife's children's book in 3 languages (so far),
Zauberer Zettelwitz vom Tafelberg - Table Mountain Wizard - Die Towenaar van Tafelberg (first published in 2010 and 2011)

Hobbies: Adventurous travels, Physics, Writing, Nature, Reading
Sports: Rowing, sailing, tennis and golf
Favourite reading: Science and Science Fiction, journeys and history.
Frans Bengtson, Rode Orm - a magnificent Viking adventure
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!

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  23. Marokko  Kurt Schröder Verlag, Bonn, Germany, 1963, revised edition 1972 24. 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 Japanese (and 9th) translation of dtv Atlas Physik appeared in August 2009

Zettelwitz kindle versions in German and English:
At amazon.com: Zauberer Zettelwitz vom Tafelberg (German Edition) and Zettelwitz the Table Mountain Wizard
At Amazon.de: Zauberer Zettelwitz vom Tafelberg and Zettelwitz the Table Mountain Wizard

  
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