Tor Nørretranders

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Tor Nørretranders (born June 20, 1955) is a Danish author of popular science. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. His books and lectures have primarly been focused on science and its role in society, often with Nørretranders' own advice about how society should integrate new findings in science.

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[edit] Biography

Tor Nørretranders' mother is Yvonne Levy (1920-) and his father is Bjarne Nørretranders (1922-1986). Tor Nørretranders graduated at "Det frie gymnasium" in 1973 and reached a cand.techn.soc-degree from Roskilde University (Roskilde) in 1982, specialized in environment planning and its scientific theoretic basis. He married his wife, Ursula Krabbe, in 1993.

[edit] Other academic accomplishments

  • The Technical University of Denmark 1982-1983
  • The Danish Royal Academy of Art 1990-1991

[edit] Journalism background

  • Information (Danish Paper) 1975-1982
  • Weekendavisen (Danish Paper) 1983-1985
  • Børsens Nyhedsmagasin (Danish Paper) 1985-1986
  • Danmarks Radio TV-K (Danish TV-station) 1986-1988
  • Chaos 1988-1990 (company producing science journalism and television)
  • Has received 'Dansk Forfatterforenings Faglitterære Pris 1985' (The Danish Society of Authors' Non-Fiction Prize 1985) and 'Publicistprisen 1988' (The Publicist Prize 1988)

[edit] Bibliography

  • The Generous Man (2005), ISBN 1560257288 (English edition of "Det generøse menneske")
  • Einstein, Einstein (2005), Politikens Forlag (Biography on Albert Einstein)
  • Menneskeføde (2005), Tiderne skifter
  • At tro på at tro (2003), Anis
  • Det generøse menneske. En naturhistorie om at umage giver mage. (November 5, 2002) Peoples Press
  • The User Illusion (1998), ISBN 0670875791 (English edition of "Mærk verden")
  • Stedet som ikke er (1997), Aschehoug
  • Person på en planet (1995), Aschehoug
  • Verden vokser (1994), Aschehoug
  • Mærk verden (1991), Gyldendal
  • Det udelelige (1985), Gyldendal
  • Kosmos eller kaos (1984)