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.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Other academic accomplishments
2 Journalism background
3 Bibliography

[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)