Dieter B. Herrmann

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Archenhold Observatory, 2004
The Zeiss large planetarium in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg

Dieter Bernhard Herrmann (born January 3, 1939 in Berlin ) is a German astronomer and author of numerous popular science books on astronomy . In his scientific work, he dealt with the early development of astrophysics and the application of quantitative methods in the history of science .

Live and act

Herrmann studied physics at the Humboldt University in Berlin from 1957 to 1963. From 1963 to 1969 he was employed at the State Center for Radiation Protection in the GDR . In 1969 the doctorate to Dr. rer. nat. at the Humboldt University on the subject of the emergence of astronomical journals in Germany, 1798–1821 . From November 1, 1976 to September 30, 2004, he headed the Archenhold Observatory in Berlin-Alt-Treptow as the successor to Diedrich Wattenberg . In 1986 Herrmann completed his habilitation as Dr. sc. and the appointment as honorary professor. In 1987 he was the founding director of the associated Zeiss large planetarium in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg . He also presented the popular science program “AHA” on East German television for 14 years , for which he was awarded the GDR TV's Golden Laurel three times . Herrmann's work includes his extensive lecturing activities. He is the author of 37 books, 150 scientific and around 2000 popular scientific publications as well as the successful planetarium programs "Fantastic Universe", "Stars, Nebula, Fire Wheels", "When the Moon Came to the Tailor", "The Great Tour through the World of Planets" (Premiere 1993).

Herrmann is a member of the International Astronomical Union , the European Astronomical Society , the Leibniz-Sozietät Berlin, the Berlin Scientific Society , the Astronomical Society and other scientific associations. He is a member of the Scientific Council of the Society for the Scientific Investigation of Parasciences and on the scientific advisory board of the Anomalistics Journal published by the Society for Anomalistics . Herrmann has lived as a freelance researcher and author in Berlin since October 2004. From 2006 to January 2012 he was President of the Leibniz Society (since 2007 Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin eV). On June 27, 2012 he was elected to the board of Urania eV Berlin . On May 18, 2012 Herrmann was made an honorary member of the Society of German-speaking Planetariums “for his extraordinary services to imparting astronomical knowledge and for the development of the planetarium landscape in the German-speaking area” .

From January 2010 to April 2015 Herrmann gave a monthly overview of the current starry sky in his video column "Herrmanns Himmelsblicke" on the website of the Märkische Oderzeitung newspaper. Since September 26, 2010, the minor planet (103460) discovered on January 11, 2000 in the Drebach observatory (Ore Mountains) has been named Dieterherrmann. On September 17, 2019, Herrmann was awarded the renowned Bruno H. Bürgel Prize of the Astronomical Society for outstanding popular presentations in the field of astronomy in the media. He has been a member of the Advisory Board of the Study Foundation of the Berlin House of Representatives since 1994 and was appointed a member of the board by its President in 2020.

Dieter B. Herrmann has been married to the Berlin artist Sabine Heinz since 2008.

Fonts (selection)

  • History of astronomy from Herschel to Hertzsprung. VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin, 1975, also in English with Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1984; 3rd edition 1980, 4th edition under the title History of Modern Astronomy , Berlin 1984.
  • Cosmic expanses, history of distance measurement in space. Johann Ambrosius Barth, Leipzig 1977, 4th edition Cologne 1990.
  • From the shadow stick to the giant mirror. 2000 years of sky research technology. Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin 1978, 4th edition 1989.
  • Discoverer of the sky. Urania-Verlag, Leipzig Jena Berlin 1978, 4th edition 1990, also in Russian 1981 from the publisher 'Mir' and in Hungarian 1981 from the publisher 'Gondolat'.
  • The stargazer book. Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin 1981, 4th edition 1987.
  • Does humanity settle in space? (= Akzent series Volume 50) Urania-Verlag, Leipzig Jena Berlin 1981
  • Ejnar Hertzsprung. Star research pioneer. With 41 illustrations, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg New York 1994, 241 pages, ISBN 3-540-57688-6 (paperback edition 2012).
  • Sun, moon and stars. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 1995 and 2nd edition: Kosmos, Stuttgart 2003.
  • Antimatter: In Search of the Counterworld. Beck, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-406-44504-7 and 4th, updated edition 2009.
  • The Milky Way. The current knowledge about our home galaxy. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-440-09409-X .
  • History of astronomy. Extensive collection of scientific articles on the history of astronomy. Paetec, Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-89818-346-7 .
  • Dreamtime stars. Travel miniatures, encounters with the astronomical culture of Egypt, India, Italy, Mexico, France and Australia. Duden Paetec, Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 3-89818-367-X .
  • The youth rock house space and space travel. Mannheim 2007, ISBN 3-7653-3161-9 .
  • The great cosmos of celestial science. Planets, stars, galaxies - modern astronomy is understandable. Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-440-10928-1 .
  • Astronomer in two worlds. Autobiography. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2008, ISBN 978-3-89812-557-4 .
  • The Cyclops, The Cultural History of the Telescope. Westermann-Braunschweig 2009, ISBN 978-3-14-100860-9 .
  • Sun, moon and stars. Curis Adventures in Space (= Kon Te Xis. Workbook. Volume 2009, No. 1; PDF ).
  • “I agree with every praise”. Hanns Eisler in conversation 1960–1962. Salier Verlag , Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-939611-32-5 .
  • Big Bang in the Laboratory. How particle accelerators simulate nature. Springer, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-10313-1 .
  • Planets, stars, galaxies. A journey through space. Illustrations by Vitali Konstantinov. Gerstenberg-Verlag Hildesheim 2014, 2nd edition 2017, ISBN 978-3-8369-5710-6 , also in Spanish from Liberalia Ediciones, Santiago de Chile 2017 and Chinese from Red Dot Wisdom Cultural Development, Beijing 2018.
  • The big bang experiment. In search of the beginning of the world . Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-440-14455-8 .
  • The harmony of the universe. Of the enigmatic beauty of the laws of nature . Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 978-3-440-15263-8 .
  • Celestial science. An introduction to astronomy. Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart 2018, ISBN 978-3-440-15837-1 .
  • Dieter B. Herrmann and Christian Gritzner (editors): Contributions to the history of space travel. Selected lectures from the Space History Colloquia 1986-2015, essays by the Leibniz Society of Sciences, Volume 46. trafo Verlagsgruppe Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Wissenschaftsverlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-86464-121-3
  • Gerhard Banse , Dieter B. Herrmann, Herbert Hörz (eds.): 25 years of Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin. Speeches by the presidents at the Leibniz Days 1993-2017. Papers of the Leibniz Society of Sciences, Volume 50. trafo Verlagsgruppe Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Wissenschaftsverlag, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86464-161-9
  • Atlas of astronomical dream locations: voyages of discovery on the trail of astronomy. Franckh-Kosmos Verlags GmbH & Co.Kg, Stuttgart 2019, ISBN 978-3-440-16403-7
  • Astronomy - Education - Philosophy. Selected lectures and essays 1995-2020 , treatises of the Leibniz Society of Sciences, Vol. 62, trafo-Verlagsgruppe, Wissenschaftsverlag Berlin, 2020, ISBN 978-3-86464-213-5 .

literature

  • Jürgen Hamel :  Herrmann, Dieter B. . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
  • Eckehard Rothenberg: laudation. In: Eckehard Rothenberg, Dietmar Fürst (Hrsg.): Paths of knowledge. Festschrift for Dieter B. Herrmann on the occasion of his 65th birthday (= Acta Historica Astronomiae. Vol. 21). Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-8171-1744-2 , pp. 10-14.
  • Dieter B. Herrmann: Bibliography of Scientific Publications. Edited by Dietmar Fürst. In: Eckehard Rothenberg, Dietmar Fürst (Hrsg.): Paths of knowledge. Festschrift for Dieter B. Herrmann on the occasion of his 65th birthday (= Acta Historica Astronomiae. Vol. 21). Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-8171-1744-2 , pp. 219-236.
  • Herrmann, Dieter B (ernhard). in: Lutz Hagestedt (Ed.): German Literature Lexicon . The 20th century. Volume 17 Henze - Hettwer. Publishing house De Gruyter, 2011, Sp. 242ff.
  • Karl-Heinz Bernhardt : Laudation Dieter B. Herrmann. In: Meeting reports of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin. 103/2009 ( PDF 30 kB )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ E.g. DB Herrmann: Astronomy in the twentieth century . In: Scientometrics, Vol. 9 (1986) pp. 187-191
  2. ↑ Dieter B. Herrmann: Quantitative Methods in the History of Astronomy. (PDF) Retrieved January 1, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Minor planet 103460
  4. ↑ Sabine Heinz
  5. ^ Bibliography of scientific publications. Compiled by D. Fürst, Berlin @ dbherrmann.de (accessed August 24, 2014)
personal data
SURNAME Herrmann, Dieter B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Herrmann, Dieter Bernhard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German astronomer and author of numerous popular science books on astronomy
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin