Albrecht Fölsing
Albrecht Fölsing (* 1940 in Bad Salzungen , Thuringia ; † April 8, 2018 in Hamburg ) was a German physicist and science journalist .
Career
After studying physics in Berlin, Philadelphia and Hamburg, he worked as a research assistant at the German Electron Synchrotron DESY . From 1973 to 2001 he was head of the science / nature / environment editorial team at NDR television and was responsible for science magazines such as “Prisma” on N3 and “Images from Science” and “Globus” on ARD, as well as scientific documentaries and animal films.
He wrote various biographies about well-known physicists. For his biography of Einstein he conducted intensive research in German, Swiss, American and Jerusalem archives. In 2000, the Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Technology at the University of Hamburg awarded him an honorary doctorate in natural sciences in recognition of his special services to the history of natural sciences. His book The Cheat Factor deals with fraud in science.
His wife, Ulla Fölsing , studied economics, sociology and political science, works as a freelance journalist and writes, among other things, about the sociology of science and the history of culture. She wrote u. a. a biography of Marie Curie and women scientists who won the Nobel Prize.
Works
- Albert Einstein : a biography . Suhrkamp Verlag, 1993, ISBN 978-3-518-40489-8 .
- Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen : Departure into the interior of matter . Hanser Verlag, 1995, ISBN 978-3-446-18053-6 .
- Heinrich Hertz : a biography . Hoffmann and Campe, 1997, ISBN 978-3-455-11212-2 .
- Galileo Galilei - endless process: a biography . Piper, Munich, 1983, ISBN 978-3-492-02771-7 .
- The cheating factor: the scientists and the truth . Rasch and Röhring, 1984, ISBN 978-3-89136-007-1 .
- Albert Einstein: The Pacifist and the Bomb Film, Grünwald, 1985, Institute for Film and Image in Science and Education
As editor:
- Heinrich Hertz: The constitution of matter: a lecture on the fundamentals of physics from 1884 . Springer, 1999, ISBN 978-3-540-64389-0 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Albrecht Fölsing in the catalog of the German National Library
- No 'mother of the theory of relativity'; Die Zeit - No. 47 - November 16, 1990 ( Memento from August 8, 2012 on WebCite ) (PDF file; 567 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Author biography. Suhrkamp, accessed October 30, 2018 .
- ^ Klaus Tornier, Department of Media and Public Relations, University of Hamburg: Honorary doctorate for science journalists from Hamburg. In: idw-online.de. May 4, 2000, accessed October 30, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fölsing, Albrecht |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist, science journalist and biographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | bad Salzungen |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 2018 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |