Hans-Peter Dürr

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Hans-Peter Dürr (2007)

Hans-Peter Emil Dürr (born October 7, 1929 in Stuttgart ; † May 18, 2014 in Munich ) was a German physicist and essayist . He was on the board of directors of the Max Planck Institute for Physics three times , namely 1970–1971, 1977–1980 and most recently again 1987–1992.

Life

Dürr studied physics at the University of Stuttgart (diploma 1953). He then went to the University of California, Berkeley , where he received his doctorate in 1956 under Edward Teller . Dürr lived in the International House .

From 1958 to 1976 Dürr was an employee of Werner Heisenberg , who had a great influence on him. He was his closest collaborator in Heisenberg's project to attempt to establish a unified field theory of elementary particles. In 1962 he taught as a visiting professor in Berkeley and Madras . In the same year he completed his habilitation at the University of Munich in nuclear physics , elementary particle physics and gravity . He then became an adjunct professor at the University of Munich, and in 1978 he succeeded Werner Heisenberg as managing director of the Max Planck Institute for Physics and Astrophysics at the same location. He held this position until 1980 and again from 1987 to 1992. Later he increasingly turned away from theoretical physics and dealt with epistemological and socio-political issues.

Dürr founded in January 27, 1987 Starnberg the registered association Global Challenges Network e. V. ('GCN e.V.' for short, English freely translated for "Network for global challenges"). The aim of the association is to create a network of companies and groups that work constructively and collectively “to overcome the problems that threaten us and thus our natural environment”. In the same year he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award (“Alternative Nobel Prize”) “in recognition of his well-founded criticism of the Strategic Defense Initiative and his work in harnessing advanced technologies for peaceful purposes ”. In addition, the science and research critical international group Pugwash , of which he was a member, received the Antonio Feltrinelli Prize in 1987 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995 . In 1992, a joint lecture with Christiane Busch-Lüty at the Verein für Socialpolitik initiated the foundation of the Vereinigung für Ökologische Ökonomie in 1996, of which he was a founding member. He was a member of the Club of Rome and a member of the honorary board of trustees of the International Munich Peace Conference , as well as a speaker on Pastor Jürgen Flieges third “Wörishofener Herbst” in 2011 .

In 1975 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina , in 2002 he was made an honorary doctorate from the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg , and in 2004 he was awarded the Great Federal Cross of Merit.

In 2005 Dürr wrote the Potsdam Memorandum and the Potsdam Manifesto together with Daniel Dahm and Rudolf zur Lippe , which were signed by many scientists from all over the world, including a. from over 20 Right Livelihood Award winners .

In 2007 the Munich city council decided to grant Hans-Peter Dürr honorary citizenship in recognition of his great services to the city of Munich . In spring 2007, at the request of Jakob von Uexküll , Dürr joined the World Future Council as a council member.

Dürr was married to the American Carol Sue Durham. The marriage had four children.

Awards

Works (selection)

  • 1971: quanta and fields. Physical and phil. Reflections on the 70th birthday of Werner Heisenberg . Vieweg, Braunschweig 1971, ISBN 3-528083174 .
  • 1985: (Ed.): Werner Heisenberg. Collected Works. A total of 9 volumes up to 1993, Piper and Springer.
  • 1988: The physicist's network. Scientific knowledge in responsibility. Hanser, 1985. NA with 496 pages, DTV 2000, ISBN 3-423330562 .
  • 1989: mind and nature. About the contradiction between scientific knowledge and philosophical world experience. Ed., 415 pages, Scherz, ISBN 3-502131708 .
  • 1994: respect for nature, responsibility for nature. Conversations with Michael Haller. 158 pp., Introduction by Christoph Bals , Piper, ISBN 3-492118194 .
  • 1995: The future is an untrodden path. Meaning and design of an ecological lifestyle. Verlag Herder 1995, ISBN 3-451043408 .
  • 1995: Environmentally friendly management. Food for thought and strategies for an ecologically sustainable future design. Agenda, Münster 1995, ISBN 3-92944044X .
  • 1997: (co-author): God, man and science. Stalemate.
  • 1997: Rupert Sheldrake in discussion. The risk of a new science of life. Ed., Scherz, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-502151652 .
  • 2000: For a civil society. Contributions to our sustainability. 232 S., DTV, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-423361778 .
  • 2000: (co-ed.): Elements of life. Scientific approaches, philosophical positions. Gray edition, Zug (Switzerland), ISBN 3-90633628X .
  • 2001: (co-author): We experience more than we understand. Herder spectrum.
  • 2003: (co-author, co-ed.): Reality, Truth, Values ​​and Science. A contribution to the "New Enlightenment" discourse. 175 pp., BWV, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-830503474 .
  • 2004: Even science only speaks in parables. Herder spectrum.
  • 2008: with Raimon Panikkar : love: the source of the cosmos. A conversation about science and religion. Herder Verlag , Freiburg, ISBN 3-451059657 .
  • 2009: Why it's all about it. New thinking for a world in upheaval. 189 pp., Oekom-Verlag , Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3865811738 .
  • 2010: Mind, Cosmos and Physics. Thoughts on the unity of life. 140 p., Crotona-Verlag, Amerang 2010, ISBN 978-3861910039 .
  • 2010: (Ed.): Physik und Transzendenz. The great physicists of our time about their encounter with the wonderful. Driediger, Bad Essen 2010, ISBN 978-3932130243 .
  • 2011: Let the living become more alive. How new thinking leads us out of the crisis. Oekom-Verlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 3-865812694 .
  • 2012: There is no matter! Revolutionary thoughts on physics and mysticism. Crotona-Verlag, Amerang 2012, ISBN 3-861910284 .

literature

  • Anne Devillard: A life full of wonder. In conversation with Hans-Peter Dürr and Sue Dürr. Driediger Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-932130-29-8 .

Web links

Commons : Hans-Peter Dürr  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikiquote: Hans-Peter Dürr  - Quotes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Munich physicist Hans-Peter Dürr is dead. At: tz.de. May 19, 2014, accessed June 1, 2014.
  2. ^ Homepage of the Max Planck Institute for Physics, History section. ( Memento of the original of July 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mpp.mpg.de
  3. ↑ ALUMNI PROFILES. Hans-Peter Dürr. On: ihouse.berkeley.edu.
  4. ↑ Hans-Peter Dürr. On: whoswho.de.
  5. ^ Hans-Peter Dürr: Cooperation instead of confrontation. Plea for a ›Global Challenges Network‹. In: Blaetter.de. 8/1987, pp. 1029-1042.
  6. ↑ Hans-Peter Dürr (1987, Germany). At: rightlivelihood.org. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  7. ↑ Annuario della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei 2011. ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lincei.it archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Annual report of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei 2011 (PDF; 2.05 MB), p. 199.
  8. ^ Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs - Facts. At: nobelprize.org. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  9. ↑ Christiane Busch-Lüty , Hans-Peter Dürr: Economy and Nature: Attempting to Approach in Interdisciplinary Dialog . In: Heinz König (Hrsg.): Environmentally compatible economy as a problem of science and politics (=  writings of the Verein für Socialpolitik ). Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-428-07771-7 , pp. 13–44 ( online at voeoe.de [PDF; accessed on February 3, 2015]). See also the preliminary remark in the online document.
  10. ↑ Hans-Peter Dürr, October 7, 1929 - May 18, 2014. Website of the Association for Ecological Economy , May 23, 2014, accessed on February 3, 2015.
  11. ↑ Honorary Curate of the International Munich Peace Conference. On: Friedenskonferenz.info. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  12. ↑ Honorary doctorate for alternative Nobel Prize winner. Press release from the University of Oldenburg, December 19, 2001.
  13. ^ Potsdam Manifesto: We have to learn to think in a new way. ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On: vdw-ev.de. Retrieved on June 1, 2014. Published by the Association of German Scientists in 2005 (PDF; 965 kB). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vdw-ev.de
  14. ↑ Peter Bruges: In terms of feeling anyway. On: spiegel.de. November 30, 1987, accessed June 1, 2014.
  15. ^ Obituary: Bridge builders, future thinkers: The physicist and philosopher Hans-Peter Dürr is dead. In: Badische Zeitung , May 20, 2014.
  16. ^ Dürr 1995 (path) - 172 pages, original publ., Edited and foreword by Matthias Braeunig.
personal data
SURNAME Dürr, Hans-Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dürr, Hans-Peter Emil (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist and essayist
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH May 18, 2014
Place of death Munich