Robert Gerwin

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Robert Gerwin (* 1922 ; † April 14, 2004 in Ebersberg ) was a German science and technology journalist.

Life

Gerwin studied physics at the University of Stuttgart and began working for the Stuttgarter Zeitung and the Süddeutscher Rundfunk during his studies . After completing his studies, he worked for the Stuttgarter Zeitung, the magazine Hobby and finally the Münchener Zeitung for local economy . Since 1948 he was a member of the Catholic student union AV Alania Stuttgart .

In 1971 Gerwin moved to the Max Planck Society (MPG) in Munich, where he became press officer and set up the relevant department for press and public relations. He founded the MPG magazine, "MPG-Spiegel", which was later renamed MaxPlanckResearch . In 1987 he retired. In addition to his work for the MPG, he also worked as a freelancer: from 1973 to 1990 he was press spokesman for the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors (GDNÄ). Since 1981 he has been editing the German-language magazine "Modell" for the Israeli Weizmann Institute in Rechovot. His complete journalistic work comprises around 2500 articles, essays and books.

Gerwin had been a member of the technical-literary society TELI since 1953 , of which he was chairman from 1963 to 1970. Since 1996 he has been an honorary member of TELI. Gerwin was a staunch advocate of the expansion of atomic energy in the 1960s and 1970s, about which he wrote several books; Joachim Radkau described him as a "leading journalist in the field of nuclear technology", the journalist Manfred Kriener called him in the ZEIT a "staunch advocate of nuclear power".

Gerwin lived for many years in Ebersberg , where he is also buried.

Awards

Publications (selection)

  • (Ed.): The media between science and the public: a symposium of the Karl-Heinz-Beckurts-Stiftung (with contributions by Hans-Peter Dürr ), Hirzel-Verlag and Wissenschaftliche Verlags-Gesellschaft, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-8047-1224 -X .
  • (Ed.): Energy supply according to the planned economy - developments in the former Eastern Bloc (With contributions by Norbert Walter ), Hirzel-Verlag and Wissenschaftliche Verlags-Gesellschaft, Stuttgart 1993 (Edition Universitas), ISBN 3-8047-1292-4 .
  • (Ed.): How the future took root: from research in the Federal Republic of Germany , Springer-Verlag, Berlin; Heidelberg; New York etc. 1989, ISBN 3-540-51346-9 .
  • The world energy perspective: analysis up to 2030 according to the IIASA research report, presented by the Max Planck Society , Goldmann, Munich 1982, Goldmann Taschenbuch 11323 (previous edition DVA, Stuttgart), ISBN 3-442-11323-7 .
  • This is how it is with nuclear energy - from fission to electricity , revised new edition, Düsseldorf, Vienna: Econ-Verlag 1978, ISBN 3-430-13203-7 .
  • This is how it is with disposal: what happens to the spent fuel elements of the nuclear power plants , Düsseldorf, Vienna: Econ-Verlag 1978, ISBN 3-430-13204-5 .
  • Nuclear power today and tomorrow: nuclear research and nuclear technology as an opportunity of our time , Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlagsanst 1971, (book of public science: image of science), ISBN 3-421-02262-3 .
  • Neuland the ocean: Scientific exploration and technical use of the world's oceans , Munich: Ehrenwirth 1964
  • Atoms in Germany: a report on the state and development of nuclear research and nuclear technology in the Federal Republic of Germany: Issued in cooperation with the Federal Minister for Scientific Research , Düsseldorf, Vienna: Econ-Verlag: Düsseldorf, Vienna 1964
  • How electrons calculate: A technical description of modern information machines , Munich: Reich-Verlag 1961 (series: Erforscht Welt), 4th, completely revised. and updated edition 1967.
  • In the slipstream of the '68 a piece of democratization: The constitution reform of 1972 and the Harnack principle , in: Bernhard vom Brocke, Hubert Laitko: The Kaiser Wilhelm / Max Planck Society and its Institutes, Berlin: de Gruyter 1996

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joachim Radkau: Nuclear energy development in the Federal Republic: a learning process? the unplanned implementation of the light water reactor and the crisis of social control over the nuclear industry , in: Geschichte und Gesellschaft , 4th year (1978), p. 198
  2. ↑ Manfred Kriener: History of Atomic Energy: Departure into Wonderland - Germany's electricity companies originally did not want atomic energy at all. But politics pushed - and paid for everything , in: Time October 1st, 2010, online
personal data
SURNAME Gerwin, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German science and technology journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1922
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 2004
Place of death Ebersberg