Norbert Lossau (science journalist)

Norbert Lossau (born August 24, 1959 in Solingen ) is a German science journalist .

In 1979 he began studying physics at the University of Cologne . From 1986 onwards he worked as a freelance science journalist for newspapers, magazines and as a book author. From 1988 to 1989 he was also an employee of the science department of WDR television. In 1989 he received his doctorate in solid-state physics from the University of Cologne .

Since 1990 he has been editor of the daily newspaper Die Welt , since 1994 head of the science department there. From 1994 to 2003 he was a board member of the Science Press Conference (WPK), from 1997 to 2002 lecturer in science journalism at the Humboldt University in Berlin .

In 2008 he was awarded the Eduard Rhein Foundation's culture prize. In 2019, the German Mathematicians Association (DMV) awarded him the journalists' award for his article on gravitational waves and the physicist Alessandra Buonanno , published in Die Welt on May 2, 2019.

Publications

• Interval in ternary europium pnictids. Dissertation. University of Cologne, 1989
• When computers learn to think. Neural networks. Ullstein, Frankfurt / Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-550-06802-6
• Roentgen. A discovery changes our life. vgs, Cologne 1995, ISBN 3-8025-1305-3

Web links

• Literature by and about Norbert Lossau in the catalog of the German National Library
• Interview with Lossau on ARD-alpha, August 2014, video
• "How artificial intelligence is changing the media", Norbert Lossau in the series "Analyzes and Arguments" of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, November 2018
• "Do fake news endanger democracy?", Norbert Lossau in the series "Analyzes and Arguments" of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, July 2017
• "The future of science communication", Norbert Lossau in the series "Analyzes and Arguments" of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, March 2016
• On the DMV-awarded article "How a black hole devours a neutron star" in the online presence of "Welt", accessed on September 30, 2019
• "Deep Fake: Dangers, Challenges and Solutions", Norbert Lossau in the series "Analyzes and Arguments" of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, February 2020

Footnotes

1. ↑ Eduard-Rhein-Stiftung: Kulturpreis - Cultural Award 2008 ( Memento of the original from February 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ DMV press release, accessed on September 30, 2019