Joachim Hornung (mathematician)
Joachim Felix Hornung (* 1935 in Dortmund ) is a German mathematician and physicist .
Life
Hornung studied mathematics and physics at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster from 1955 . From 1960 to 1967 he worked as an assistant at what was then the Max Planck Institute for Occupational Physiology in Dortmund (today Technical University of Dortmund ). In 1968 he moved to the Institute for Medical Statistics and Documentation at the Free University of Berlin ( Steglitz location ). His doctorate followed in 1969. From 1970 to 1989 he was Professor of Statistics in Berlin. From 1989 he was a professor at the Institute for Naturopathy at the Benjamin Franklin University Hospital (FU Berlin).
The main focus of research was the evaluation of clinical studies and the clinical proof of effectiveness of therapeutic methods, especially in the field of natural and alternative medicine. In 1996 Hornung published the anthology Research Methods in Complementary Medicine , in which the clinical research ideal of the randomized double-blind study is criticized and a methodological renewal is recommended.
Hornung retired in 1997 and moved to Lanzarote . There he deals with reincarnation research and the phenomenon of near-death experiences .
Hornung is very critical of the practice of organ transplantation . He was editor of The Berlin Journal on Research in Homeopathy , which only appeared five times.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hornung, Joachim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hornung, Joachim Felix (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mathematician and physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dortmund |