Harald fence

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Harald Zaun (born March 21, 1962 in Cologne ) is a German science author , science historian , philosopher and editor .

Harald Zaun (left) with Harald Lesch

Life

Harald fence graduated from high school in 1982 in Cologne and started from 1984, a general studies in astronomy , geology , medicine , German and sociology at the University of Cologne , which he finished 1,986th He then studied history as a major and philosophy as a minor at the same university from 1986 to 1993 . After obtaining the academic degree of Master of Arts at the University of Cologne doctorate fence at Herbert Hömig for Doctor philosophiae in the Department of Modern History about "Paul von Hindenburg and the German foreign policy from 1925 to 1934" (awarded magna cum laude ).

During his studies, Zaun completed internships in journalism and research , including an archaeological excavation internship at the Roman-Germanic Museum in Cologne. In 1999 he also worked as a research assistant at the Cologne City Museum .

Since 1997, Zaun has written more than a thousand articles in print and online. Contributions his work nationally and regionally appeared in newspapers and magazines, including in the Bundestag issued newspaper Parliament , the world , the Sueddeutsche Zeitung , the Frankfurter Rundschau , the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , the Rhein-Zeitung , the Star Observer , the c't , the Technology Review , the Wirtschaftswoche , the Basler Zeitung . Online he made contributions to Telepolis , Spektrum der Wissenschaft and Spiegel Online, among others .

Zaun is a member of the WPK - the science journalists, the Science Journalism Initiative (IW) and the Astrobiological Society (DAbG)

Focus

His work focuses on the fields of cosmology , astrophysics and astronomy as well as exo- and astrobiology , space travel , paleontology , anthropology , physics , robotics , archeology and philosophy . Zaun is also involved in the research field Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI).

Zaun is the editor and co-author of four Telepolis science magazines that were published by Heise-Verlag in Hanover . He also conducted interviews with space travelers , scientists and Nobel Prize winners , most of which were published on the online portal Astronomie.de . Together with Harald Lesch , he has been writing several specialist articles and articles on a regular basis since 2004. Their first book together, “The Shortest Story of All Life. A report on 13.7 billion years of becoming and passing ”(published in 2008 by Piper Verlag in Munich ) became a bestseller , was translated into several languages ​​and produced as an audio book.

Zaun's work “SETI - The Scientific Search for Extra Terrestrial Civilizations. Opportunities, Risks, Perspectives ”was published by Heise-Verlag in July 2010 and was also published in 2013 as an e-book. The EKZ Informationsdienst assesses the said publication as a "pointed, multi-layered, also entertaining, by no means superficial or roughly speculative presentation" and characterizes Zaun's book as a new standard work on SETI. "The author (...) describes the background of the search for an interstellar message in a bottle in an exceptionally detailed and knowledgeable way." The science magazine of the Max Planck Society also writes about the book.

Fonts

  • Paul von Hindenburg and German Foreign Policy 1925 to 1934 (Diss.), Böhlau-Verlag, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 1999
  • The Big Bang - Beginning and End of the Universe, CH Beck-Verlag, Munich 2004 (with Hans-Joachim Blome)
  • How researchers and space travelers want to track down ALIENS, Telepolis Special 01/2005, Heise-Verlag, Munich / Hannover 2005
  • Cosmology for know-it-alls, Gondrom-Verlag, Bindlach 2005 (with Ingeborg Cernaj and Rosemarie Benke-Bursian)
  • Science + Fiction = Science Fiction²? On the spiritual anticipation of reality (with Harald Lesch), in: Homo spaciens. Der Mensch im Kosmos, discorsi, Hamburg 2005, pp. 147–179.
  • Briand-Kellogg-Pakt: The ban on aggressive war, in: To the problem of ideology in history, Europaforum-Verlag, Lauf an der Pregnitz 2006, pp. 505-514.
  • Cosmology - Beyond Time and Space, Telepolis Special 02/2007, Heise-Verlag, Munich / Hanover 2007
  • The shortest story of all life. A report from 13.7 billion years of becoming and passing away, Piper-Verlag, Munich 2008 (with Harald Lesch)
  • Future - The world in 1000 years, Telepolis Special 01/2009, Heise-Verlag, Munich / Hanover 2009
  • Cosmology - Intelligence in Space, Telepolis Special 01/2010, Heise-Verlag, Munich / Hanover 2010
  • SETI - The scientific search for extraterrestrial civilizations. Opportunities, perspectives, risks, Heise-Verlag, Hannover 2010
  • First Contact - Searching for traces of cosmic intelligence and the dangers, Telepolis E-Book, Heise-Verlag, Hannover 2013
  • 'Star Wars' and the astrobiological and physical realities (with Harald Lesch), in: You still have a lot to learn. Stars Wars and Philosophy, Rowohlt-Verlag, Reinbek 2016, pp. 217–237.
  • Homo spaciens = Science Fiction²? The evolution of the science fiction genre and the dream of Homo spaciens (with Harald Lesch). Heaven as a transcultural ethical space, V&R unipress, Göttingen 2016, pp. 371–406.
  • Expedition into the sea of ​​stars. Interstellar space travel. Perspectives, opportunities and risks [publisher / author], Springer spectrum, Heidelberg 2020 * [1]

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ University of Hohenheim: PM detailed view: University of Hohenheim. In: www.uni-hohenheim.de. Retrieved December 8, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Short biography and reviews of works by Harald Zaun at perlentaucher.de
  3. ↑ http://www.mpg.de/779888/MPF_2010_3
personal data
SURNAME Fence, Harald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German science journalist
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne