Alexander Tollmann

Dr. Alexander Tollmann (June 27, 1928 – August 8, 2007 [ [http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=3009636 derStandard.at ] ] ) was an Austrian professor of geology.

He was born in Vienna. He has been professor at the Geologischen Institut of the University of Vienna since 1969. He was a political activist working to free Austria from nuclear energy and a founder of the Austrian Green Party ("Vereinten Grünen Österreichs" or VGÖ).

In 1993, with his wife Edith, he published a monograph, "Und die Sintflut gab es doch. Vom Mythos zur historischen Wahrheit" which claimed that Noah's Flood was the consequence of a bolide impact about 9500 years ago, and supported the claim through geology (impact craters, iridium, shatter cones, stress lamination of minerals, radiocarbon dating, dendrochronology, a peak of acid in the Greenland ice) and legends and folk traditions. See Tollmann's hypothetical bolide.

In 1998 the husband-and-wife team published "Das Weltenjahr geht zur Neige: Mythos und Wahrheit der Prophezeiungen." The book was on the Austrian bestseller list for weeks.

In December 2003, Tollmann published "Und die Wahrheit siegt schließlich doch."

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