Gordon Rattray Taylor
Gordon Rattray Taylor (born January 11, 1911 in Eastbourne , † December 7, 1981 ) was a British writer and journalist .
Taylor was best known in 1968 for his book The Biological Time Bomb , which heralded the rise of biotechnology . A German-language bestseller was The Suicide Program in 1971 , which denounced environmental pollution with scenarios of the end of the world and contributed significantly to increasing environmental awareness in West Germany. In 1983 he was posthumously skeptical of neo-Darwinism in evolutionary theory .
Taylor graduated from Cambridge University . He was a journalist from 1933 and from 1958 at the BBC , where he was known for science programs on television.
From 1976 to 1981 he was a member of the Society for Psychical Research .
Fonts (selection)
- 1947: Economics for the Exasperated . The Bodley Head, London 1947.
- 1949: Conditions of Happiness . The Bodley Head, London 1949.
- 1950: Are Workers Human? The Falcon Press, First edition 1950. Houghton Mifflin, 1952.
- 1954: Sex in History .
- 1957: Changes in sexuality. (286 pages) Diederichs, Düsseldorf 1957, DNB 455005222 .
- 1970: In the garden of earthly delights. Dominance and changes in sexuality. (316 p.) Introduction by A. Mitscherlich, GB Fischer 1970, DNB 458304379 .
- 1977: Cultural History of Sexuality. Introduction by Alexander Mitscherlich , Fischer-TB 1977, ISBN 3-436024457 .
- 1958: The Angel Makers. A study in the psychological origins of the historical change, 1750-1850 .
- 1963: The Science of Life: A pictorial history of biology .
- The knowledge of life. A pictorial history of biology. (368 p., With 336 illustrations) Droemer / Knaur, Munich 1963, DNB 174090250 .
- 1968: The Biological Time-Bomb . Thames & Hudson, London 1968.
- The biological time bomb. Modern biology revolution. (245 pp.) S. Fischer, 1969, ISBN 3-436014125 . Fischer TB, 1971.
- 1970: The Doomsday Book: Can the World Survive? Thames & Hudson, London 1970.
- The suicide program. Future or demise of mankind. (378 pp.) S. Fischer, 1971-1991, ISBN 3-596238757 . ( No. 1 on the Spiegel bestseller list from April 19 to September 12, 1971 )
- 1972: Re-Think: A Paraprimitive Solution , Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd., London 1972.
- The luck experiment. Drafts for a reorganization of society. S. Fischer 1973, ISBN 3-100767012 . Fischer TB 1978.
- Rethink: Radical Proposals to Save a Disintegrating World . Paperback, also for the USA. Penguin Books , London 1974.
- 1975: How to Avoid the Future . Secker & Warburg, First Edition, London 1975.
- Coping with the future . With a conversation between the star and the author. Hoffmann & Campe 1976. Rowohlt-TB, 1978, ISBN 3-499171805 .
- 1978: Salute to British Genius .
- 1981: The Natural History of the Mind .
- 1983: The Great Evolution Mystery .
- The secret of evolution. (371 pp.), Fischer-TB, Ffm. 1983, ISBN 3-100767039 . Fischer-TB 1987, ISBN 3-596238692 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Gordon Rattray Taylor in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography (s)
- Biography (Doomsday Book)
proof
- ↑ Taylor 1972 - Experiment Glück , from the English by Hansheinz Werner, pages: 389 (400).
- ↑ Taylor 1975 - coping with the future , the questions for the star asked Rüdiger Proske, pages: 358 (381).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Taylor, Gordon Rattray |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British writer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eastbourne |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th December 1981 |