Theo Löbsack

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Theodor Georg "Theo" Löbsack (born October 19, 1923 in Thale ; † 2001 ) was a German writer , publicist and journalist . His popular science non-fiction books have been translated into numerous languages.

Life

Löbsack grew up as the eldest son of a hotel owner in Thale in the Harz region. After attending the secondary school in Quedlinburg , he studied natural sciences at the Martin Luther University in Halle (Saale) and the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena . In 1948 he received his doctorate in Halle with a thesis on hormone physiology for Dr. rer. nat.

In 1958 he stopped working as editor of the popular science magazine Kristall and moved to Lake Constance. From then on he only worked as a freelance writer and publicist. His publications focused primarily on popular science books, short stories, newspaper articles, radio reports and radio plays on medical and biological topics, especially on environmental problems. In 1987 Löbsack moved to Bad Kreuznach , but returned to Lake Constance in 1994, where he lived until his death in 2001.

Löbsack has been honored several times for his ability to present complex scientific relationships in a form that is understandable for laypeople. His pessimism regarding the “human brain being”, which he prophesied to become extinct within eight to twelve generations, has occasionally been heavily criticized.

In 1965 he was a founding member of the College of Medical Journalists . He was also a member of the Association of German Writers , but resigned in 1973 in protest against its affiliation with the IG Druck und Papier .

Löbsack had been married since 1952. The couple had a daughter born in 1957. Löbsack lived in Seefelden for many years . He was active as a scuba diver and sailor and was one of the founding members of the German Underwater Club.

Prizes and awards

  • Theodor Wolff Prize 1968
  • Silver Wilhelm Bölsche Medal (Kosmos Prize) 1969 for services to the dissemination of scientific knowledge
  • Glaxo Prize for European Science Journalists 1971
  • Second prize at the Guardian Prize of the German daily press in 1976
  • Umschau Prize 1979
  • Journalism Prize from the Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forests 1980
  • Journalism Award of the German Watch Industry 1979
  • European Environment Prize 1989

Fonts (selection)

Books

  • Two underwater hunting. Between kelp forests and mussel beds. Youth book. Ensslin & Laiblin, Reutlingen 1953, DNB 453154352
  • The breath of the earth. Miracles and mysteries of the air. Biederstein, Munich 1957, DNB 453154271 .
  • Because they don't know what they're doing. Reaching for the atomic age. Beck, Munich 1959, DNB 453154301 .
  • Preface. In: Rachel Carson : Silent Spring . Biederstein, Munich 1962, DNB 450749207 .
  • Space calls. List, Munich 1962, DNB 453154344
  • Only desired children? Birth control: use of reason . Econ-Verlag, 1963, DNB 453154328 .
  • The uncanny possibilities or the manipulated soul. Econ-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1967, DNB 457447788 .
  • Biology and God. Aspects of a future-oriented science. DTV, 1968, DNB 457447729 .
  • Medicine as a danger. Eight topics on the risk of progress. dtv, 1970, ISBN 3-423-00693-5 .
  • as editor: Too stupid for the future? Yesterday's people in tomorrow's world. Schwann-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1971, DNB 458738077 .
  • Trial and error. Man: failure of nature . Bertelsmann-Verlag, 1974, ISBN 3-570-02260-9 .
  • Wonder, delusion and reality. Science and Faith. Bertelsmann, 1976. TB: Goldmann, 1977, ISBN 3-442-11164-1 .
  • Measure of all things? What science knows about humans. Bertelsmann, 1977. Goldmann-TB, 1978, ISBN 3-442-11213-3 .
  • The manipulated soul. From brainwashing to controlled feeling. Rev. New edition from 1967, Econ, 1979. dtv non-fiction book, 1981, ISBN 3-423-01712-0 .
  • The last years of mankind. From the beginning and the end of Homo sapiens . Bertelsmann, 1983. Ullstein-Sachbuch 1986 (until 1995), ISBN 3-548-34312-0 .
  • The manipulated life. Gene technology between progress and iniquity. dtv, 1985, ISBN 3-423-10484-8 .
  • That handful of earth. Origin, function and destruction of the soil. dtv, 1986, ISBN 3-423-10620-4 .
  • The creepy army. Insects conquer the earth. Umschau-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main. 1989. dtv non-fiction book, 1991, ISBN 3-423-11389-8 .
  • Bearskin under the tuxedo. What is still in us from primeval times. Umschau-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main. 1990. dtv non-fiction book, 1992, ISBN 3-524-69089-0 .
  • The accident. Novel. Umschau-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1992, ISBN 3-524-69095-5 .
  • The face. Novella. G. Meyer's Taschenbuchverlag, Hanau 1999, ISBN 3-934193-16-1 .
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  1. ↑ In the foreword of The Last Years of Mankind (1983) Löbsack gives a humorous outline of the "severe criticism and bad scolding of authors" after his book from 1974.
  2. ^ Founding members of the College of Medical Journalists ( Memento from March 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Fund magazine of the Pfahlbaumuseum Unteruhldingen
  4. ↑ Physical medicine and rehabilitation. Issue 3, March 1978, p. 99.
  5. ↑ a b c d Theo Löbsack in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
  6. ^ Löbsack 1963 (desired children) - preface by Prof. Heinz Kirchhoff . With 13 graph. Darst. And tables, 189 pages.
  7. ^ Löbsack 1989 (insects) - with 17 drawings by Reinhild Hofmann.
  8. ^ Löbsack 1999 (face) - ISBN is in the book, but not available in the DNB.
personal data
SURNAME Löbsack, Theo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Löbsack, Theodor Georg (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer, publicist, journalist
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Thale
DATE OF DEATH 2001