TOM JUKES

More than anyone I have known, Petr Beckmann was a fierce and uncompromising fighter for scientific truth as he perceived it. He was tremendously erudite and articulate. He was a born teacher, he loved explaining the intricacies of physics to his students, the subscribers to Access to Energy. He knew what it was like to live under repressions, and he rejoiced in freedom. His struggle against cancer was monumental and heroic; he refused to give in, and kept going until the very last. We still hear his voice, and we salute his memory.