- Tor Nørretranders
Tor Nørretranders (born
June 20 ,1955 ) is a Danishauthor ofpopular science . He was born inCopenhagen , Denmark. His books and lectures have primarily been focused on science and its role in society, often with Nørretranders' own advice about how society should integrate new findings in science. He introduced the notion ofexformation in his bookThe User Illusion .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 lives north of Copenhagen with his wife Rikke Ulk and three children.Other academic accomplishments
* The
Technical University of Denmark from 1982-1983
* The Danish Royal Academy of Art 1990-1991
* Adjunct Professor of the philosophy of science at Copenhagen Business School since 2003.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)Bibliography
* "Glæd dig" (2007), TV2 Forlag
* "Børnespørgehjørne" (2007), Thaning & Appel
* "Civilisation 2.0" (2007). ISBN 8741365348, Thaning & Appel
* "The Generous Man" (2005), ISBN 1560257288 (English edition of "Det generøse menneske")
* "Einstein, Einstein" (2005), Politikens Forlag (Biography onAlbert Einstein )
* "Menneskeføde" (2005), Tiderne skifter
* "At tro på at tro" (2003), Anis
* "Det generøse menneske. En naturhistorie om at umage giver mage." (2002), People'sPress
* "Frem i tiden" (1999), Tiderne Skifter
* "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
* "Dansk dynamit" (1990), Forskningspolitisk Råd
* "Den blå himmel" (1987), Munksgaard
* "Videnskabsvudering" (1987), Gyldendal
* "Naturvidenskab og ikke-viden" (1987), Kimære
* "Det udelelige" (1985), Gyldendal
* "Kosmos eller kaos" (1984), Tiderne Skifter
* "Kræftens frie spil" (1980), Informations Forlag
* "Om kapitalistisk naturvidenskab" (1976), ModtrykExternal links
* [http://www.tor.dk/ Website and blog of Tor Nørretranders]
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