Solco Walle Tromp Explained

Solco Walle Tromp (9, March 1909 - 17, March 1983) was a Dutch geologist and biometeorologist.

Tromp was from 1947 to 1950 Professor of geology at Cairo University. He co-founded the International Society of Biometeorology and published pioneering writings on biometeorology.^[1]

Tromp took a deep interest in dowsing and radiesthesia. He conducted experiments and came to the conclusion that dowsing is a real phenomenon due to activity of electromagnetic fields. His views on dowsing were criticized by the scientific community and have been described by critics as an example of pseudoscience.^{[2] [3]}

Publications

• The Religion of the Modern Scientist: Neo-Materialism (1947)
• Psychical Physics: A Scientific Analysis of Dowsing Radiesthesia and Kindred Divining Phenomena (1949)
• Medical Biometeorology: Weather, Climate, and the Living Organism (1963)
• Pathological Biometeorology (1977)

Notes and References

1. Krasnow, Shelley; Plasterk, K. J. (1984). In memoriam Dr. Solco Walle Tromp 9 March 1909–17 March 1983. International Journal of Biometeorology. Volume 28, Issue 4, pp. 257-260.
2. Williams, William F. (2000). . Facts on File Inc. p. 294.
3. [Martin Gardner|Gardner, Martin]