Karl Otto Henseling
Karl Otto Henseling (born June 26, 1945 in Berlin ; † January 28, 2011 in Berlin) was a German chemist and non-fiction author.
Henseling, whose father was the popular astronomer Robert Henseling , studied chemistry at the TU Berlin . After receiving his doctorate on the representation and reactions of 2-chloro-1-phenylcyclopropenes (1975), he worked in curriculum development and teacher training until 1991. In the 1980s he was also active as a member of the environmental chemicals / toxicology working group at BUND and as a freelancer at the Institute for Ecological Economic Research , and made numerous contributions to environmental education , the history of social metabolism with nature and chemical policy . From 1992 to 1994 he was a research assistant at the Enquete Commission on Protection of Humans and the Environment of the German Bundestag , whose secretariat he headed. Then he worked at the Federal Environment Agency in the areas of material flow analysis and management, resource protection and sustainable development .
Book publications
- Bronze, iron, steel. The importance of metals in history. Reinbek: Rowohlt 1981, ISBN 3499177064 .
- Relation to society in the natural sciences: on the reform of teacher training. Bad Salzdetfurth: Didaktischer Dienst Franzbecker 1981, ISBN 3881200126 .
- A planet is being poisoned. The triumphant advance of chemistry: history of an undesirable development . Reinbek: Rowohlt 1992, ISBN 3499130130 .
- Origins of the industrial metabolism between humans and nature Series of publications of the IÖW Volume 187 (2008)
- At the end of the fossil age. Alternatives to overexploitation of the natural foundations of life. oekom Verlag: Munich 2008, ISBN 3865811221 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Otto Henseling in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Karl Otto Henseling in the German Digital Library
- Web presence with autobiography, list of publications and downloads
- Obituary (Öko-Institut)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Henseling 1992 (Planet) - 314 pages, original edition as rororo-aktuell
- ↑ Henseling 2008 (end) - blurb at perlentaucher.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Henseling, Karl Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist and non-fiction author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 26, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 28, 2011 |
| Place of death | Berlin |