Klaus Lindner

Klaus Lindner (born March 19, 1935 ) is a German astronomer , teacher and author .

Life

Klaus Lindner studied education at the University of Leipzig . In December 1966, with his dissertation “Investigations into the methodology of astronomy teaching in general secondary schools with special consideration of astrophysics”, he was awarded a Dr. paed. PhD. From then until his retirement he worked as a teacher. Lindner made particular contributions to the organization of astronomy lessons in the GDR and later in Saxony. He made a name for himself as the author of numerous astronomical books, was involved in the development of curricula for the subject of astronomy and passed on his knowledge in the training of astronomy teachers.

From 1993 to 1999 he was rector of the Thomas School in Leipzig . At the 1999 Astronomy Conference in Buxtehude , he gave the much-acclaimed lecture: “From the cosmos to the earth?” With this he gave decisive impulses for astronomy lessons in Germany.

Klaus Lindner is a member of the Astronomical Society and is active in its astronomy commission in teaching and teaching . From his retirement until 2014 he was editor-in-chief of the magazine Astronomie + Raumfahrt im Lehr , of which he has been a member of the editorial and editorial board since 1965 until today.

Lindner lives in Leipzig.

Awards

In 2000, Klaus Lindner was recognized by the Astronomical Society “for his decades of dedicated work as a teacher in the field of astronomy, his tireless commitment to astronomical and didactic research and his significant contribution to the preparation of curricula and teaching material, which largely shaped and has also given significant impulses for teaching in the old federal states of Germany ”was awarded the Hans-Ludwig-Neumann-Prize .

In the same year he received the Johannes Kepler Prize awarded by Cornelsen Verlag in Stuttgart for promoting astronomy lessons .

The asteroid (21678) Lindner was named after him.

Works

• Practical student observation for astronomy class. People and Knowledge, Berlin 1962 (together with Arthur Wersig and Oskar Mader)
• Rudolf Drößler : We watch the sky. People and Knowledge, Berlin 1963 (revised by Klaus Lindner)
• Experienced astronomy for yourself. Urania, Leipzig 1973 (together with Wolfgang Würfel and Horst Schleef)
• The star Sky. Urania, Leipzig 1975 ( Akzent series , volume 5)
• Youth lexicon astronomy and space travel. Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1983 (together with Karl-Heinz Neumann)
• Astronomy. Textbook for Grade 10. People and Knowledge, Berlin 1985 (together with Helmut Bernhard and Helmut Kühnhold)
• Astro guides. A guide to observing celestial phenomena. Urania, Leipzig 1986
• Youth lexicon astronomy. Bibliographical Institute, Leipzig 1986
• Small lexicon of astronomy. Thun, 1986
• Knowledge store astronomy. The most important things in key words and overviews. People and Knowledge, Berlin 1987 (together with Helmut Bernhard and Manfred Schukowski )
• Astronomy Paperback. Compendium of astronomy. Fachbuchverlag, Leipzig 1993
• Beginning and end of the world. A story of the cosmos. Urania, Leipzig 1995
• Knowledge store astronomy. People and Knowledge, Berlin 1995 (together with Helmut Bernhard and Manfred Schukowski)
• Astronomy. Textbook for secondary level 1. People and knowledge, Berlin 1999 (together with Manfred Schukowski)
• Astronomy plus. Textbook. Cornelsen / Volk und Wissen, Berlin 2005 (together with Udo Backhaus)
• Astronomy plus. Work book. Cornelsen / Volk und Wissen, Berlin 2005 (together with Udo Backhaus)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Friedrich Verlag: The publisher, the editorial staff and the advisory board of Astronomie + Raumfahrt. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
2. ^ Astronomical Society: Winner of the Hans Ludwig Neumann Prize. ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2016 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. Retrieved December 13, 2016. 

Web links

• Literature by and about Klaus Lindner in the catalog of the German National Library