Tor Nørretranders (born 20 June 1955) is a Danish author of

popular science ''Popular Science'' (also known as ''PopSci'') is an American digital magazine carrying popular science content, which refers to articles for the general reader on science and technology subjects. ''Popular Science'' has won over 58 awards, incl ...

. He was born in

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, Denmark. His books and lectures have primarily been focused on light popular science and its role in society, often with Nørretranders' own advice about how society should integrate new findings in popular science. He introduced the notion of

exformation Exformation (originally spelled ''eksformation'' in Danish) is a term coined by Danish science writer Tor Nørretranders in his book ''The User Illusion (book), The User Illusion'' published in English 1998. It is meant to mean ''explicitly discard ...

in his book The User Illusion.

Biography

Tor Nørretranders' mother is Yvonne Levy (1920–) and his father was Bjarne Nørretranders (1922–1986). Tor Nørretranders graduated at "Det frie gymnasium" in 1973 and reached a cand.techn.soc-degree from

Roskilde University Roskilde University ( da, Roskilde Universitet, abbreviated RUC or RU) is a Danish public university founded in 1972 and located in Trekroner in the Eastern part of Roskilde. The university awards bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and PhD ...

(

Roskilde Roskilde ( , ) is a city west of Copenhagen on the Danish island of Zealand. With a population of 51,916 (), the city is a business and educational centre for the region and the 10th largest city in Denmark. It is governed by the administrative ...

) in 1982, specialized in environment planning and its scientific theoretic basis. He lives north of Copenhagen with his wife Rikke Ulk and three children.

Other academic accomplishments

* The

Technical University of Denmark The Technical University of Denmark ( da, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet), often simply referred to as DTU, is a polytechnic university and school of engineering. It was founded in 1829 at the initiative of Hans Christian Ørsted as Denmark's fi ...

from 1982 to 1983 * The Danish Royal Academy of Art 1990–1991 * Adjunct Professor of the philosophy of science at Copenhagen Business School since 2003.

Journalism background

Information Information is an abstract concept that refers to that which has the power to inform. At the most fundamental level information pertains to the interpretation of that which may be sensed. Any natural process that is not completely random ...

(Danish Paper) 1975–1982 * Weekendavisen (Danish Paper) 1983–1985 * Børsens Nyhedsmagasin (Danish Paper) 1985–1986 * Danmarks Radio TV-K (Danish TV-station) 1986–1988 * Chaos 1988–1990 (company producing science journalism and television) * Has received 'Dansk Forfatterforenings Faglitterære Pris 1985' (The Danish Society of Authors' Non-Fiction Prize 1985) and 'Publicistprisen 1988' (The Publicist Prize 1988)

Bibliography

* ''Grønt lys'' (2008), Verve Books * ''Glæd dig'' (2007), TV2 Forlag * ''Børnespørgehjørne'' (2007), Thaning & Appel * ''Civilisation 2.0'' (2007), , Thaning & Appel * ''The Generous Man'' (2005), (English edition of ''Det generøse menneske'') * ''Einstein, Einstein'' (2005), Politikens Forlag (Biography on

Albert Einstein Albert Einstein ( ; ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most influential physicists of all time. Einstein is best known for developing the theory ...

) * ''Menneskeføde'' (2005), Tiderne skifter * ''At tro på at tro'' (2003), Anis * ''Det generøse menneske. En naturhistorie om at umage giver mage.'' (2002), People'sPress * ''Frem i tiden'' (1999), Tiderne Skifter * '' The User Illusion'' (1998), (English edition of ''Mærk verden'') * ''Stedet som ikke er'' (1997), Aschehoug * ''Person på en planet'' (1995), Aschehoug * ''Verden vokser'' (1994), Aschehoug * ''Mærk verden'' (1991), Gyldendal * ''Dansk dynamit'' (1990), Forskningspolitisk Råd * ''Den blå himmel'' (1987), Munksgaard * ''Videnskabsvurdering'' (1987), Gyldendal * ''Naturvidenskab og ikke-viden'' (1987), Kimære * ''Det udelelige'' (1985), Gyldendal * ''Kosmos eller kaos'' (1984), Tiderne Skifter * ''Kræftens frie spil'' (1980), Informations Forlag * ''Om kapitalistisk naturvidenskab'' (1976), Modtryk

External links

Website and blog of Tor Nørretranders

Tor giving the "evening talk" at the Reboot Festival, 2009

References

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