Gero von Randow
Gero von Randow (born January 22, 1953 in Hamburg ) is a publicist , author and editor in the politics department of the Hamburg weekly newspaper Die Zeit .
Life
After completing his military service , Randow, son of the author and science journalist Thomas von Randow , studied law and passed the first state examination. In the late 1970s and early 1980s he was editor-in-chief of the youth magazine elan, published by the youth organization Socialist German Workers' Youth .
After four years as a freelance science journalist from 1988 to 1992, Randow worked as an editor in the science department of the time . From 1998 to 2000 he was the editor in charge of the essay page “Topics of Time”. In October 2000 he became Deputy Head of Politics.
From 2001 to 2003 Randow built up the science department of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung . In 2005, Randow returned to the time and was editor-in-chief of Zeit Online through February 2008 . In addition, he was co-editor of the magazine Zeit Wissen . From August 2008 to 2013 he was France correspondent for the time in Paris . Then he returned to Hamburg in the politics department of the central editorial office.
Randow is an avowed atheist , often criticized excessive skepticism of technology and progress and was a long-time advocate of nuclear power .
Publications
- Gero von Randow, The Goat Problem - Thinking in Probabilities . Rowohlt Tb., 1992, ISBN 3-499-19337-X , new edition: Rowohlt, 2004, ISBN 3-499-61905-9 .
- Gero von Randow: The stranger in the glass . Rowohlt Tb., 1996, ISBN 3-499-19665-4 .
- Gero von Randow: Robots . Rowohlt Tb., 1998, ISBN 3-499-60553-8 .
- Gero von Randow: My paranormal bike . 5th edition. Rowohlt Tb., 1998, ISBN 3-499-19535-6 .
- Gero von Randow: Enjoyment: A debauchery . Hoffmann and Campe, 2001, ISBN 3-455-11278-1 .
- Gero von Randow: Now comes the science. Frankfurter Allgemeine Buch, 2003, ISBN 3-89981-011-2 .
- Gero von Randow, Ulrich Ladurner : The Iranian bomb: Backgrounds of a global danger . Hoffmann and Campe, 2006, ISBN 3-455-09552-6 .
- Gero von Randow: baby car! Baby car! ePubli , 2014, ISBN 978-3-7375-1956-4 .
- Gero von Randow: The Cyborg and the Crocodile . edition Körber Foundation , 2016, ISBN 978-3-89684-175-9 .
- Gero von Randow: When the people rise. Beauty and horror of the revolution . Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2017, ISBN 978-3-462-04876-6 .
- Gero von Randow: The omelette school . Prestel 2019, ISBN 978-3791385730
Prices
- Science Reporter, 1992
- Media Prize of the German Mathematicians Association , 2002
- Prix du Champagne Lanson , 2002
- European Science Writers Award (Media Prize of the Euroscience Foundation for the Promotion of European Sciences and Cultures ), 2003
- Media award from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bavaria (together with Mohamed Amjahid), 2017
Web links
- Literature by and about Gero von Randow in the catalog of the German National Library
- Formulas of power? , Short biography, at Bielefeld University
- Gero von Randow in the weekly video column of ZEIT
- DKP past: The forced laborers and we , by Thomas Kerstan and Gero von Randow " Die Zeit " February 6, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gero von Randow editor in the politics department, DIE ZEIT
- ↑ Thomas Kerstan, Gero von Randow: The forced laborers and we. In: The time. February 6, 2014, accessed February 9, 2014 .
- ↑ Gero von Randow: This side of good and bad. In: The time. September 10, 2010, accessed January 24, 2013 .
- ↑ Gero von Randow: I fell into a trap. In: The time. March 17, 2011, accessed January 24, 2013 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Randow, Gero von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German publicist, author and editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |