Peter Maria Schuster
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Born in Vienna, Austria, on the 26th of October, 1939;
Studied history, Japanese, mathematics and
physics at the University of Vienna;

1967 Doctor's degree (Dr. phil.) in physics;

1968 One-year scholarship in literature;

1969 Career as an industrial manager and physicist
in Germany, director of marketing at Carl Zeiss
in Oberkochen, Germany;

1976 Founding and directing of the trade and industrial plant
AOL-Dr. Schuster, Analytik, Optik, Lasertechnik in Vienna;

1987 Cancer of the larynx; renunciation of his shares
in the company.

1988 Essayist, science writer, poet and novelist;

1999 Member of the scientific board of the
Christian Doppler Foundation in Salzburg; 

2000 Member of the Österreichischer P.E.N.-Club;

2004 Golden Decoration of Merits of the Salzburg Land, Austria;

The governor of the federal province of Salzburg, Austria,
Landeshauptfrau Mag. Gabi Burgstaller
hands over the decree and insignia of the Golden Decoration of Merits of the Salzburg Land to Dr. Peter Maria Schuster
at the Salzburg Residenz on the 16th of November, 2004.

 
2005 President of the Section "History of Physics" of the Austrian
Physical Society (ÖPG)

2006/07 Award for literature of the Austrian Government

2007 President of the Group "History of Physics" of the
European Physical Society (EPS)

2007 President of the Victor Franz Hess Society

2009, Oct.: Member of the Academia Europaea

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Resident at Vienna and Pöllauberg/Styria, Austria,
and in Co. Donegal, Ireland.

Two sons and one daughter, born in 1962, 1965, 1966,
from his first marriage; three sons, born in 1987, 1989, 1992,
from his second marriage.

Author of the novel "Unter dem Kreuz",

of the monographs "Christian Doppler", "Simon Stampfer
and "Weltbewegend – unbekannt, Leben und Werk
des Physikers Christian Doppler und die Welt danach";
the English translation of the latter being:

"Moving the Stars: Christian Doppler—His Life, His Works and Principle,
and the World After",

of various literary essays,

of the scripts for the TV-movies "Christian Doppler",
"Joseph Loschmidt", "Victor Hess" and "Fritz Pregl",

and of an epical lyrics series on six of the great Austrian physicists,
on Christian Doppler: "Schöpfungswoche, Tag eins" (in German and Czech),
on Joseph Loschmidt: "Schöpfungswoche, Tag zwei"
on Josef Stefan: "Schöpfungswoche, Tag drei";
to be followed.

of the anthology "Und was geschieht mit dem Licht? Physiker, Dichter und andere Reisende. Essays."

In preparation:

a novel on Ludwig Boltzmann: "Die letzte Antwort auf alles – Ludwig Boltzmann";

on Ludwig Boltzmann: "Schöpfungswoche, Tag vier",
and on Ernst Mach: "Schöpfungswoche, Tag fünf".