Wasserman, Gerhard Dietrich (1919-)
Wasserman, Gerhard Dietrich (1919-)
University lecturer in applied mathematics who experimented in the field of parapsychology. Wasserman was born December 12, 1919, at Leipzig, Germany. He studied at Queen Mary College, University of London (B.Sc. hons. math. 1942, Ph.D. quantum mechanics, 1946). In 1948 he began a tenure as an instructor in applied mathematics at King's College Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Durham University.
In the field of parapsychology he has taken special interest in the construction of theoretical models for psi phenomena. His article "An Outline of a Field Theory of Organismic Form and Behavior" was published in a Ciba Foundation symposium on extrasensory perception.
Sources:
Pleasants, Helene, ed. Biographical Dictionary of Parapsychology. New York: Helix Press, 1964.
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