Bohumil [Bob] Polata
1925 - 2016
Bob Polata was Czech by nationality but was born in Poland. After World War II Bob obtained a Mechanical engineering degree and worked in Czechoslovakia for several years in that field.
In 1949 Bob left Czechoslovakia and immigrated to Canada, in Canada Bob obtained a masters degree in electrical engineering from the University of British Columbia and settled into a career in the semiconductor industry in 1962. Spending most of his career in research and development Bob came to believe some aspects of our basic understanding of science were incorrect.
After retiring from the Semiconductor industry Bob devoted his retirement to investigating these basic aspects of science that had vexed him during most of his career.