Andre Koch Torres Assis
Bachelor’s Degree in Physics (State University of Campinas, Brazil, 1983).
Doctor’s Degree (Ph.D.) in Physics (State University of Campinas, Brazil, 1987). PhD thesis: Dispersion relations in a bounded, magnetized and warm plasma. Thesis supervisor: Dr. P. H. Sakanaka.
Post-Doctoral positions:
- Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany. From April 2014 to June 2014. Humboldt Research Fellowship given by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, from Germany. Project: “Exploring the Effective Inertial Mass of Particles.”
- University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. From February 2009 to May 2009. Humboldt Research Fellowship given by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, from Germany. Project: “Weber’s Planetary Model of the Atom.”
- University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. From August 2001 to November 2002. Humboldt Research Fellowship given by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, from Germany. Project: “Weber’s Law Applied to Electromagnetism and Gravitation.”
- Visiting Scholar at the Center for Electromagnetics Research, Northeastern University, Boston, USA. From October 1991 to September 1992. Fellowship given by FAPESP.
- Culham Laboratory, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Oxfordshire, England. From February 1988 to January 1989. Fellowship given by CNPq.
Professor at the Department of Cosmic Rays and Chronology, Institute of Physics of the University of Campinas, Brazil.
Major research interests:
- Relational mechanics, Mach’s principle and the origin of inertia, absorption of gravity.
- Weber’s electrodynamics, Ampère’s force between current elements, electric field outside stationary resistive wires carrying steady currents, propagation of electromagnetic signals.
- Cosmology, Hubble’s law of redshifts, cosmic background radiation, tired light, infinite universe in space and time.
- History and philosophy of science, physics experiments with simple materials.
Institute of Physics
University of Campinas – UNICAMP
Rua Sergio Buarque de Holanda 777
13083-859 Campinas, SP
Brazil
Phone: (+55) (19) 35215515
Skype: AndreKochAssis
E-mail: assis@ifi.unicamp.br
Website: http://www.ifi.unicamp.br/~assis
List of published books: http://www.ifi.unicamp.br/~assis/books.htm
List of published papers: http://www.ifi.unicamp.br/~assis/papers.htm
Recent Works
A. K. T. Assis and L. L. Bucciarelli, Coulomb’s Memoirs on Torsion, Electricity, and Magnetism Translated into English, (2023), (Apeiron, Montreal), 546 pages, ISBN: 978-1-987980-33-2)
Commented Translation of Coulomb’s Main Works on Electricity and Magnetism,(2022), (Apeiron, Montreal), 515 pages, ISBN-10: 198798031X and ISBN-13: 978-1987980318. This book contains complete and commented translations, from French to Portuguese, of the main works of Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, (1736-1806).