Günter Ewald

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Günter Ewald (born April 1, 1929 in Steinheim am Main (today Hanau ), † July 9, 2015 in Bochum ) was a German mathematician . He was the author of several books on the question of life after death and belief in the resurrection.

Live and act

Ewald studied mathematics, physics, chemistry, philosophy at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz , 1954 was there with Robert Furch with his work on axiomatic construction of the circular geometry doctorate, for Rer. nat. did his doctorate and then taught in Mainz. This was followed by his habilitation in mathematics. From 1964 to 1994 Günter Ewald was Professor of Algebra and Geometry at the Ruhr University in Bochum . On October 15, 1973, he succeeded Siegfried Grosse as Rector at the Ruhr University in Bochum. After two years, Peter Meyer-Dohm took over from his rectorate on October 14, 1975 .

Ewald worked from 1975 to 1995 on the board of trustees of the Evangelical Central Office for Worldview Issues (EZW). From 1975 to 1989 he was a member of the Presidium of the German Evangelical Church Congress .

Ewald took part in the preparations for Wolf Biermann's 1976 visit to the Federal Republic of Germany and, as one of the initiators, visited him twice in his apartment in East Berlin during this time. When Biermann learned of his expatriation from the GDR on November 16, 1976, Günter Ewald was his host.

From 1977 he was the first spokesman for the Association of Religious Socialists in Germany . He was one of the founders of a collaborative research center "Biological Message Recording and Processing" (DFG) and gave guest lectures in Rome, Zurich (ETH), Vancouver, Kabul, Santiago (Chile) and Valparaiso.

Even after his retirement in 1994, he was mainly concerned with geometry as a mathematician.

Private

Günter Ewald married Hanna Claß in 1976. The couple had five children.

Fonts (selection)

mathematics

  • Combinatorial convexity and algebraic geometry. Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 168. Springer-Verlag, New York, 1996. ISBN 0-387-94755-8
  • Geometry. An introduction for students and teachers , Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht 1997
  • Problems of geometrical analysis , Mannheim, Bibliographisches Institut (BI Verlag), 1982
  • Geometry. An introduction , Wadsworth Publishing 1971
  • with Herbert Busemann , Geoffrey Shephard : Convex bodies and convexity on Grassmann cones. I-IV. Math. Ann. 151 1963 1-41.

Near death and resurrection

  • On the trail of near-death experiences , Butzon & Bercker 2012
  • Near Death Experiences: Evidence of Life After Death , Topos Plus 2008
  • Brain, soul and computer. Man in the Quantum Age , Scientific Book Society 2006
  • Is there an afterlife? Resurrection Faith and Natural Sciences , Topos Plus, 2nd edition 2003

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Nahtodexperte" Prof. Günter Ewald with 86 years died , Idea Spectrum Issue 32.2015, p. 32
  2. ↑ near-death experiences , stadtmag.de, articles of April of 2005.
  3. ^ Mathematics Genealogy Project
  4. ↑ Information No. 791/76 website of the Stasi records authority. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  5. ↑ Biermann and Wallraff: In the Lion's Cave Interview from the FAZ from September 8, 2009.
  6. ^ Ewald: Vita , theologie-naturwissenschaften.de
personal data
SURNAME Ewald, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanau-Steinheim
DATE OF DEATH July 9, 2015
Place of death Bochum