Nikolai Eberhardt (2 July 1930 – 24 July 2014) was a German physicist and author of From the Big Bang to the Human Predicament (1998).

Life and career Born on 2 July 1930 in Estonia, Eberhardt had German, Swedish and Russian ancestry. He studied philosophy in Graz, Austria and physics in Munich, gaining a physics diploma in 1957, and a Doctor of Science degree (Dr. rer. nat.) in 1962 from the Institute of Technology in Munich. He served as Professor of Electrical Engineering at Lehigh University (Emeritus from 1995).Lehigh University Faculty Profile http://www.eecs.lehigh.edu/people/bio/eberhardt.html Intermittently he also served as adjunct professor in the Science, Technology and Society program. Besides numerous publications, he has multiple patents to his credit in the areas of color-television tubes, microwave devices, robotics and instrumentation.Partial Patent List http://v3.espacenet.com/searchResults?locale=en_EP&query=%28txt+%3D+Eberhardt%2C%29+and+%28ia+%3D+Nikolai%29&compact=false&DB=EPODOC&submitted=true He was Digest Editor of the 1976 IEEE International Microwave Symposium.Digest Editor of the 1976 IEEE International Microwave Symposium https://openlibrary.org/b/OL14179130M/1976_IEEE_MTT-S_International_Microwave_Symposium_digest_of_technical_papers

Eberhardt died in Bethlehem on 24 July 2014, at the age of 84.

References

External links Lehigh University Faculty Profile A review of the latest book 2009 IPPY Awards Partial Patent List AES E-Library: A Quasi-Linear Frequency Divider