Bernhard Philberth

Who was Bernhard Philberth?

Bernhard Josef Philberth was an independent physicist, engineer, philosopher and theologian.

Philberth was a member of the Academy of Science of Chieti/Italy, the Academy of Sciences of Besançon/France in which he was the first German to be accepted in 100 years, the Physical Society of Japan in Tokyo and the International Glaciological Society in London.

He was the originator of the 1960s project to investigate disposal of radioactive waste deep inside stable, inland ice sheets [1], [2] [3], [4]. His brother, Prof Karl Philberth headed the thermal drilling program of the International Glaciological Greenland Expedition as part of this project.

In relativity physics Philberth discovered the "Zeitgradient" [5] [6], and the relationship between the electromagnetic fundamental values [7].

Together with his brother he has been granted over a hundred patents for inventions in various areas of physics and is the author of numerous technical publications on nuclear energy, energy management and patent law.