Reinhart Behr

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Reinhart Behr (born October 4, 1928 in Hamburg , † December 15, 2003 in Ulbølle , Denmark ) was a German teacher , mathematician , physicist , politician and author .

Life

Reinhart Behr lived in Berlin from 1930 to 1988 . He completed his high school at the Schadow-Gymnasium in Zehlendorf and studied at the Humboldt University and later at the Free University of Berlin , the subjects Mathematics and Physics . In 1953 he passed the first state examination and first taught for a year at the Goethe High School in Lichterfelde and then at the Beethoven High School in Lankwitz , where he worked as head of the mathematics department until he retired in 1988. He then moved with his wife to Egebjerg Municipality on the island of Funen in Denmark.

Act

In 1953 Reinhart Behr joined the education and science union . He campaigned with democratic means against what he saw as unjustified professional bans , and was committed to the peace movement and against fascism . Shortly before his death, he was honored for 50 years of membership in the Education and Science Union.

In the 1970s, Reinhart Behr worked on the development of curricula and teaching materials for the vocational upper school centers that were emerging in Berlin at the time.

Reinhart Behr was already politically active during his teaching activity. As a member of the Alternative List, he was a member of the Berlin House of Representatives for two years during the second half of the 9th electoral term from June 1983 .

Behr has written several popular science books and essays on mathematics and astronomy in his retirement. He was a member of the Ernst Bloch Society .

Fonts (selection)

  • Oh, this Danish! - A cheerful and entertaining look at the language of our neighbors . Welver, Stein, 5th edition (2007), ISBN 978-3-86686-901-1 .
  • Oh, that Chinese! - This is what a fifth of humanity writes . Editors: Rotraut Bieg-Brenzel, Conrad Stein, 1st edition (2005), ISBN 978-3-89392-409-7 .
  • At the beginning there is a look at the moon - the discovery of our position in space . Books on Demand GmbH (2000), ISBN 3-8311-0251-1 .
  • Fractals, shapes from mathematics and nature . Stuttgart, Klett-Schulbuchverlag, 1st edition (1993), ISBN 3-12-722420-6 .
  • One way to fractal geometry . Stuttgart, Klett-Schulbuchverlag, 1st edition (1989), ISBN 3-12-722410-9 .
  • Documentation of the statement and its treatment in the House of Representatives "Anyone who uses children as objects of demonstration in politics is guilty of the charge of fascism", School Senator Hanna-Renate Laurien . Editor, Berlin, Alternative List (1983)

literature

  • Werner Breunig, Andreas Herbst (ed.): Biographical handbook of the Berlin parliamentarians 1963–1995 and city councilors 1990/1991 (= series of publications of the Berlin State Archives. Volume 19). Landesarchiv Berlin, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-9803303-5-0 , p. 83.

Web links

Commons : Reinhart Behr  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brief biography
  2. ^ Afterwords to Reinhart Behr
  3. ↑ Christine Herholz, Michael Retzlaff: Obituary Reinhart Behr. In: blz No. 2. GEW Berlin, 2004, archived from the original on October 26, 2004 .;
personal data
SURNAME Behr, Reinhart
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mathematician, physicist and politician (AL, Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), MdA
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH December 15, 2003
Place of death Ulbølle , Denmark