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Ditfurth, dizinin bu son kitabında 20. yy'ın sonundaki evrene ilişkin standart bilgi ve verilerle, her türlü metafizikten uzak, kendi içinde bütünlüklü, kapalı, algılarımızın ve düşünme alışkanlıklarımızın sınırlarını genişleten bir yapıt oluşturuyor. Birçok dile çevrilerek yüz binlerce okurla buluşan metin, evrene ilişkin çok sayıda bilgiyi değerlendirerek yepyeni bir astronomi, dolayısıyla kozmos tablosu sunuyor. Ditfurth, halihazırda benimsenmiş olan bir evren tablosunun, sonsuz büyüklükteki evrenin milyarlarca galaksisinden birinin (Samanyolu) kenarına rastlayan bir Güneş sisteminin hayata elverişli 3. sıradaki gezegeni unutulmuş ve terk edilmiş, yapayalnız dolanıp durduğu anlayışına dayalı tablonun yanıltıcılığını gözler önüne seriyor. Bir "uzay gemisine" benzettiği Dünya'nın ve gezegenleriyle birlikte Güneş sisteminin, hayata düşman, yaşamaya izin vermeyen, soğuk ve ürpertici bir kozmosun karanlığında sahipsiz olmadığını biliyoruz artık. Bu kitap, evrende en uzak ile en yakın, en büyük ile en küçük arasında kopmaz bağ olduğunu, "dış uzayın" ve ötesinin burada hayatın var olması ve sürmesi için vazgeçilmez katkılar sunduğunu gösteren bir başyapıt.
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410 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1973
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Hoimar von Ditfurth
55 books11 followersHoimar Gerhard Friedrich Ernst von Ditfurth was a German physician and scientific journalist. Particularly he is known as a TV moderator and writer of popular scientific books. He was the father of Christian von Ditfurth, a writer and Jutta Ditfurth, a writer and journalist.
He won many awards in his lifetime including the Adolf Grimme Awards in 1968, the Bambi Prize in 1972 and the Kalinga Prize in 1978.
Hoimar von Ditfurth was born in Berlin on 15. October 1921. He originated from the family of the classical philologist Hans-Otto von Ditfurth, a national conservative Prussian cavalry captain. After his Abitur at the Viktoria-Gymnasium in Potsdam (today Helmholtz-Gymnasium Potsdam) in 1939, he studied medical science, psychology and philosophy at the universities Berlin as well as Hamburg and received a doctor´s degree in 1946.
From 1948 to 1960 he worked at the university hospital Würzburg (at last in the position of an assistant medical director). In 1959 he habilitated at the university Würzburg and became private lecturer in psychiatry and neurology. In 1967 he became an associate professor of the medical faculty at the university Würzburg as well as 1968 at the university Heidelberg.
1960 Ditfurth took a job in the pharmaceutical company C.F. Boehringer Mannheim and there he was the leader of the so-called “Psycho Lab” being responsible for the development and clinical testing of psychotropic drugs.
At the same time he published the magazine n+m (“Naturwissenschaft und Medizin”) from 1964 until 1971. From 1972 the magazine was renamed as “Mannheimer Forum” and was published by Ditfurth until his death. In 1969 he refused the position of an administrator ("I don't want to sacrifice my intellectual independence") and instead of that he became a freelance lecturer, publisher and scientific journalist.
Hoimar von Ditfurth was very successful as an author of popular science books and as a TV moderator (WDR, SFB, SR, ZDF). Courageously he tried to pass over the gap between natural sciences and humanities. An eminent part of his lifework he consecrate himself to fight pseudoscience, creationism and anthropocentrism.
Since 1971 he became well-known to a broad audience by making the ZDF series “Querschnitt” (later “Querschnitte”) together with Volker Arzt.
In the late 1970s he more and more turned to ecological subjects and became a critic of the western credo in progress and economical growth. In the beginning of the 80s he supported "Alliance '90/The Greens" in its selection campaign.
Since 1949 Hoimar von Ditfurth was married with Heilwig von Raven. Together they had four children: Jutta (* 1951), Wolf-Christian (* 1953), Donata-Friederike (* 1956) und York-Alexander (* 1957).
His daughter Jutta von Ditfurth was known as a politician, while his son Christian von Ditfurth became important as a historian, journalist and writer.
Hoimar von Ditfurth was member of the German PEN-Zentrum.
On 1. November 1989 he died in Freiburg im Breisgau of thyroid cancer and is buried in Staufen.
He won many awards in his lifetime including the Adolf Grimme Awards in 1968, the Bambi Prize in 1972 and the Kalinga Prize in 1978.
Hoimar von Ditfurth was born in Berlin on 15. October 1921. He originated from the family of the classical philologist Hans-Otto von Ditfurth, a national conservative Prussian cavalry captain. After his Abitur at the Viktoria-Gymnasium in Potsdam (today Helmholtz-Gymnasium Potsdam) in 1939, he studied medical science, psychology and philosophy at the universities Berlin as well as Hamburg and received a doctor´s degree in 1946.
From 1948 to 1960 he worked at the university hospital Würzburg (at last in the position of an assistant medical director). In 1959 he habilitated at the university Würzburg and became private lecturer in psychiatry and neurology. In 1967 he became an associate professor of the medical faculty at the university Würzburg as well as 1968 at the university Heidelberg.
1960 Ditfurth took a job in the pharmaceutical company C.F. Boehringer Mannheim and there he was the leader of the so-called “Psycho Lab” being responsible for the development and clinical testing of psychotropic drugs.
At the same time he published the magazine n+m (“Naturwissenschaft und Medizin”) from 1964 until 1971. From 1972 the magazine was renamed as “Mannheimer Forum” and was published by Ditfurth until his death. In 1969 he refused the position of an administrator ("I don't want to sacrifice my intellectual independence") and instead of that he became a freelance lecturer, publisher and scientific journalist.
Hoimar von Ditfurth was very successful as an author of popular science books and as a TV moderator (WDR, SFB, SR, ZDF). Courageously he tried to pass over the gap between natural sciences and humanities. An eminent part of his lifework he consecrate himself to fight pseudoscience, creationism and anthropocentrism.
Since 1971 he became well-known to a broad audience by making the ZDF series “Querschnitt” (later “Querschnitte”) together with Volker Arzt.
In the late 1970s he more and more turned to ecological subjects and became a critic of the western credo in progress and economical growth. In the beginning of the 80s he supported "Alliance '90/The Greens" in its selection campaign.
Since 1949 Hoimar von Ditfurth was married with Heilwig von Raven. Together they had four children: Jutta (* 1951), Wolf-Christian (* 1953), Donata-Friederike (* 1956) und York-Alexander (* 1957).
His daughter Jutta von Ditfurth was known as a politician, while his son Christian von Ditfurth became important as a historian, journalist and writer.
Hoimar von Ditfurth was member of the German PEN-Zentrum.
On 1. November 1989 he died in Freiburg im Breisgau of thyroid cancer and is buried in Staufen.
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June 27, 2021
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January 16, 2020Extremely interesting but very scientific.
November 18, 2019
Evren, galaksiler ve dünyamız hakkında müthiş bilgiler edinebileceğiniz bir kitap, okurken bitmesin istedim.
Bu arada Dinozorların Sessiz Gecesi 5. ve 6.kitaplarını içeriyor farklı yayınevi olduğundan böyle bir karmaşa var sanırım.
Bu arada Dinozorların Sessiz Gecesi 5. ve 6.kitaplarını içeriyor farklı yayınevi olduğundan böyle bir karmaşa var sanırım.
April 14, 2023
Este libro de divulgación científica nos habla sobre cómo la vida en la tierra no es un evento aislado sino el producto de una serie de fenómenos astronómicos. Por ejemplo, nos cuenta cómo el sol es una estrella esencial para la vida pero que también podría ser fatal si otros fenómenos no actuaran como protección de la tierra. Sin el sol, ni su posición exacta y su tamaño, no existiría la vida como la conocemos. Pero también podría ser mortal, ya que produce vientos solares mortales que afortunadamente son bloqueados por el campo magnético terrestre. Otro ejemplo es la luna, que estabiliza el eje y hace más lenta la rotación de la tierra, regula las mareas e influye en las estaciones. Sin ella, la vida tampoco sería posible. El libro también habla de la radiación cósmica, el inicio de la vida en la tierra y la formación de estrellas. Es un libro que te da una perspectiva amplia sobre la vida y fenómenos mas allá de tierra que no son fáciles de percibir. Por más que la tierra pareciera una nave solitaria con vida abordo, en realidad somos producto de millones de años de eventos e interacciones en el universo que hoy hacen posible nuestra existencia.
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December 18, 2012Awesome, though a bit out of date, book presenting Earth as a spaceship on which humans travel.
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