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

popular science Popular science (also called pop-science or popsci) is an interpretation of science intended for a general audience. While science journalism focuses on recent scientific developments, popular science is more broad ranging. It may be written ...

. He was born in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

, 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 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 (, 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 degrees in a wide variet ...

(

Roskilde Roskilde ( , ) is a city west of Copenhagen on the Danish island of Zealand. With a population of 53,354 (), 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 (), 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 first polytechnic, and it is today ran ...

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

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(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 187918 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who is best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum mechanics. His mass–energy equivalence f ...

) * ''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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