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UNESCO Kalinga Prize Winner – 1978 Hoimar Von Ditfurth Glossary on Kalinga Prize Laureates UNESCO Kalinga Prize Winner – 1978 Hoimar von Ditfurth A Missionary of Scholarliness & One of the Most Impressive Science Writers & Philosophers of the German Post – War Period. [Born : October 15, 1921 in Berlin (Charlottenburg) Died :November 1, 1989 in Freiburg/ Breisgau of a thymom (Cancer of the thymus gland). He was buried in staufen] Everyone wonders at some point, where he was after his death will be, but no body asks where he was before his birth. ….. Hoimar Von Ditfurth “We are Creatures of transition”, …Hoimar Von Ditfurth in his last TV interview with Dieter Zilligen, a freelancer for Radio and Television. Science and Religious faith are not mutually exclusive. …Hoimar Von Ditfurth “I would be interested to know what God is actually thought when he created the world.” …Hoimar Von Ditfurth 1 Glossary on Kalinga Prize Laureates Hoimar von Ditfurth A Brief Profile Most Competent & Best Selling Scientific Writer in Germany Hoimar Gerhard Friedrich Ernst von Ditfurth Wuerzburg and became professor of psychiatry and (October 15, 1921 in Berlin-Charlottenburg; Nov. 1, neurology. In 1967, he was appointed associate 1989 in Freiburg in Breisgau), a German doctor and professor of the Medical Faculty. journalist. Hoimar was notified of Ditfurth but From 1960, he worked in the pharmaceutical Ditfurth primarily as a popular television presenter and writer. Group C. F. Boehringer Mannheim as head of the department of psychiatric drugs. In 1969, he refused Life : there a business leader position, and was instead became a lecturer, a freelance journalist and science Hoimar von Ditfurth was the son of Altphilologen journalist. Hans-Otto von Ditfurth, a nationalistsch- His durchbrechenden success had Hoimar of Ditfurth konservativen Prussian ride Master was born. After as popular author and television (WDR, SFB, SR, his graduation at Victoria Gymnasium in Potsdam ZDF). He crossed the brave (but scientifically always (today Helmholtz Gymnasium Potsdam) in 1939, he studied medicine, psychology and philosophy well) the interdisciplinary boundaries between the at the universities of Berlin and Hamburg and a humanities and natural sciences (particularly in doctorate in 1946 for the MD. From 1948 to 1960, theology and philosophy). A significant part of his he was at the University Hospital in Wuerzburg (see life’s work was his advocacy against superstition, most recently in the position of a top surgeon). In pseudo against a purely kreationistische World 1959 he was habilitated at the University of perspective and against the anthropocentrism. He 2 Glossary on Kalinga Prize Laureates was notified of a large audience through his 1971 n 1974 Special Prize of the Donors’ designed ZDF-Sendereihe cross sections, which he Association for German Science for shared with Volker doctor until 1983 headed. the production of artificial memories- New discoveries in brain research From Ditfurth designed in his later works (so in reality Inconceivable) own approach to evolutionary n 1975 Prix Futura of the Union of European epistemology. Broadcastign Organizations As of the end of the 1970s turned increasingly n 1976 Special Prize of the Donors’ Ditfurth Hoimar of environmental issues and Association for German Science supported at the beginning of the 1980s, the Greens n 1980 Kalinga UNESCO in the election campaign. n 2001 renaming of a secondary school in Hoimar von Ditfurth was married since 1949 with Vreden in Hoimar-von-Ditfurth- Heilwig Raven . The marriage produced four children: Realschule Jutta (born 1951), Wolf-Christian (born 1953), Donata- Friederike (born 1956) ;and York – Alexander (b. 1957). His daughter Jutta Ditfurth was known as a Works : politician of the Greens, while his son Christian von Ditfurth importance as a historian, journalist and n The endogenous depression, 1960 author of Alternative World stories gained. n Children of the Universe, 1970 Hoimar Ditfurth was a member of the German PEN- n In the beginning was the hydrogen, 1972 Zentrums. n Relationships, 1974 He died on 1 November 1989 in Freiburg im Breisgau in a Thymom. n Dimensions of Life, 1974 (together with Volker doctor) Awards and Honors : n The spirit was not from the sky, 1976 n Cross-sectional dimensions of life II, 1978 n 1968 Golden Camera for production (together with Volker doctor) experiments with life-Reaching for the brain n We are not only of this World, 1981 n 1968 Adolf Grimme Prize for the production n So let us because a Apfelbäumchen plant, experiments with life-Reaching for the 1985 brain n Inconceivable reality, 1987 n 1972 Bambi n Interior views of a fellow, 1989 n 1973 Bölsche - Medaille n The interview, 1992 (Interviewer : Dieter Zilligen) n 1974 Golden Screen ISBN 3-423-30329-8 3 Glossary on Kalinga Prize Laureates n The legacy of Neanderthal man, 1992 64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http:// (Posthumous) dispatch. Opac.d-nb.de/DB%3D4.4/ REL%3FPPN%3D118672088&prev=/ n The stars shine, even if we do not see 1994 search%3Fq%3Dhoimar%2Bvon%2Bditfurth (posthumous) %26hl%3Den) the German National Library n The reality of Homo sapiens, 1995 (posthumous) n Webpage to Hoimar of Ditfurth (http:// 64.233.179.107/translate_c?hl=en&u=http:// Literature hoimar-von-ditfurth.de/&prev=/ n The woman at his side conversations with search%3Fq%Dhoimar%2Bvon%2Bditfurth women of famous men, ed. V. Märthesheimer %26hl%3Den) Helga. Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch-Gladbach 1988. n Brief biography, and several works by ISBN 3-404-60195-6 (interview by Carola commenting Hoimar of Ditfurth (http:// Benninghoven with Heilwig von Ditfurth. P.31- 64.233.179.104/translate_c?h1=en&u=http:// 55) www.philole.de/ditfurth.htm& prev=/ n Literature and Hoimar Ditfurth (http:// search%3Fq%3Dhoimar%2Bditfurth 64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http:// %26hl%3Den) dispatch.opac.dnb.de/DB%3D4.1/ REL%3FPPN%3D118672088&prev=/ Source : search%3Dhoimar%2Bvon%2Bditfurth “http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoimar von Ditfurth” %26hl%3Den) catalog of (http:// q 4 Glossary on Kalinga Prize Laureates Hoimar von Ditfurth A Biographical Sketch Freelance Lecturer, Publisher, Author & One of the Most Distinctive Science Journalists in Germany. Biography The subsequent biographical details are mainly Donata-Friederike (*1956) and York-Alexander taken from Hoimar von Ditfurth’s books (*1957). Innenansichten eines Artgenossen (A same type Hoimar von Ditfurth died on November 1, 1989 in man’s insight view-Reflections by a Member of the Freiburg/Breisgau of a thymom (cancer of the Species – his autobiography) and Das Gespräch thymus gland). He is buried in Staufen. (The Conversation – his last TV interview). Family Education 1939 Hoimar von Ditfurth graduated from the Victoria- Hoimar Gerhard Friedrich Ernst von Ditfurth was born Gymnasium (college) in Potsdam. Afterwards he on October 15, 1921 in Berlin (Charlottenburg). He studied medicine, psychology and philosophy at the originated from the family of the national conservative universities of Berlin and Hamburg, where he Prussian cavalry captain (Rittmeister) and later attained his Ph. D. in medicine in July 1946. classical scholar Hans-Otto von Ditfurth. Until his first day in school in Potsdam, Hoimar von Ditfurth Profession lived in Berlin and Lensahn. Between 1948 and 1960 Hoimar von Ditfurth worked 1949 he married Heilwig von Raven. at the university hospital in Wüzburg (in the end as senior physician). 1959 he qualified himself as a Together they had four children : Jutta (*1951), Wolf- university lecturer there and became outside lecturer Christian (*1953), for psychiatry and neurology. 1967 and 1968 he was appointed associate professor of the medical faculty 5 Glossary on Kalinga Prize Laureates at the universities of Würzburg and Heidelberg. 1960 and economical growth”. Even though he proclaimed Hoimar von Ditfurth took a job in the pharmaceutical that manking would destroy itself by environmental company C.F. Boehringer in Mannheim, where he pollution and destruction, overpopulation and managed the “Psycho Lab” being responsible for (nuclear) armament, he never was a fatalist. He the development and clinical testing of psycho drugs. always maintained his hope and true humanistic Although Hoimar von Ditfurth was offered a position approach. in the board of executives, he left Boehringer in 1969 Hoimar von Dittfurth was a committed pacifist. (“…I don’t want to sacrifice my intellectual independence…”) and became a freelance lecturer, In the 80s he supported the German Green Party publisher, author and one of the most distinctive during their election campaigns, but without getting science journalists in Germany. involved in political activism and always keeping a critical distance to extreme ideological positions. Publishing Activities Awards & Prizes Hoimar von Ditfurth’s popularity in Germany is based on numerous articles in newspapers, radio Hoimar von Ditfurth was a member of the German broadcasts (between 1963 and 1983), and TV shows PEN-Center and holder of numerous national and (between 1971 and 1983) with various popular international awards and prizes. scientific subjects. In 1970 his first book, Children In 1978 he received the UNESCO UNESCO of the Universe (=Kinder des Weltalls), was Kalinga-Prize for his lifetime achievements as published. This and his following books made him author and publisher. the most competent and best selling scientific writer Bibliography in Germany. Many of his books were translated into other languages. Children of the Universe He also was editor and publisher of miscellaneous With the discoveries of Galileo and Copernicus men scientific magazines, publications and samplers, to lost the illusion of a friendly universe. The conviction which many famous national and international that we are isolated in the boudless emptiness of scientists provided contributions. space has had consequences far more radical than anyone could have foreseen. Between 1971 and 1983 Hoimar von Ditfurth hosted the popular TV science show Querschnitte (=cross- Scientists are now discovering that such a view is sections) in which he showed his extraordinary talent false.
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