Aleks Scholz

Aleks Scholz (* 1975 in Gera ) is a German astronomer and author.

Life

Aleks Scholz holds a doctorate in astronomer with a research focus on the formation and structure of stars and planets. After research stays in Canada and Scotland ( University of St. Andrews ) he is currently (2012) working as a Schrödinger Fellow at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies , Ireland. He is the founder of the WETI Institute . As an author, Scholz wrote for the newspapers Der Standard , taz , Süddeutsche Zeitung , Spiegel Online and Zeit . He is also a member of the Central Intelligence Agency (ZIA) network and is the editor of the giant machine weblog .

In 2010, Aleks Scholz won the Ernst Willner Prize at the 34th Days of German-Language Literature with his text Google Earth .

The rotation of very low mass objects . University of Jena, 2004 ( db-thueringen.de - dissertation).
Holm Friebe , Sascha Lobo , Kathrin Passig , Aleks Scholz (eds.): Riesenmaschine - The best from the brand new universe . Heyne 2007, ISBN 978-3453610019
Kathrin Passig, Aleks Scholz: Lexicon of ignorance. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2007, ISBN 978-3-87134-569-2 .
Kathrin Passig, Aleks Scholz: Getting lost. A guide for beginners and advanced users. Rowohlt, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-87134-640-8
Aleks Scholz: Lug, Ton and Kip. Exploring the Wicklows . CulturBooks, Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-944818-18-4
with Kathrin Passig : Handbook for time travelers. From the dinosaurs to the fall of the wall . Rowohlt Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-7371-0085-4

Commons : Aleks Scholz - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Scholz, Aleks
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German astronomer and author
DATE OF BIRTH	1975
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gera