Henning Beck

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Henning Beck (born November 23, 1983 ) is a German science slammer and author on topics from biochemistry and neuroscience .

Life

Beck was born in 1983 on Bergstrasse in southern Hesse . He studied biochemistry at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen . After completing his diploma in Tübingen, Beck received his doctorate in 2012 from the Graduate School of Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience there. He then worked at the University of California at Berkeley , where he received an International Diploma in Project Management in 2013. Beck then advised various companies in the San Francisco Bay Area on communication and innovation issues until the end of 2013 .

At the same time, Beck has been presenting his research findings as a science slammer at scientific lecture competitions since 2011 . For his lecture “How the brain accelerates flashes of inspiration” he received the prize for the best science slam in the 2011 Health Research Science Year. In 2012 he was awarded the German Science Slam championship title.

Beck publishes articles for GEO magazine and is a columnist for Wirtschaftswoche . He gives lectures and workshops on topics such as neurobiology and creativity and focuses on topics such as “brain vs. Artificial Intelligence ”or“ Future of Learning ”. Since 2013 Beck has published various non-fiction books, including at Hanser-Verlag and Ullstein-Verlag .

Henning Beck lives in Frankfurt am Main .

Fonts (selection)

  • Biology of the flash of inspiration - speed up your mind . Springer Spectrum, Berlin / Heidelberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-36532-4 .
  • Cracked: The 20.5 greatest neuromyths - and how our brains really tick . Carl Hanser Verlag , Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-446-44038-8 .
  • To err is useful: why the weaknesses of the brain are our strengths . Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-446-25616-3 .
  • with Birgit Hauser: The fairness factor: The secret to successful negotiations . Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-446-45186-5 .
  • with Sofia Anastasiadou and Christopher Meyer zu Reckendorf: Fascinating brain . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-662-54756-4 .
  • The new learning is understanding . Ullstein, Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-550-20049-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Henning Beck . In: hanser-literaturverlage.de, accessed on October 9, 2019.
  2. ↑ 2nd Expert Forum 2019. In: Screenforce.de. Retrieved June 15, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Georg Patzer: Replacement for studying anatomy . In: literary criticism from March 2015.
  4. ↑ Henning Beck: Super-intelligent computers will not rule the world anytime soon. In: gq-magazin.de. Retrieved June 15, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Beck, Henning
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German biochemist, neuroscientist, science slammer and author
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Hessen, Germany