The seemingly paradoxical discoveries of Physics in the first quarter of the 20th century led in their resultant interpreation to a revolutionary new view of the world and of us human beings.
Modern view of the world, however, in a fascinating development, opened the way to reduce the differences between the various disciplines of science and humanites and to establish bridges between the Sciences and religions.
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Professor Hans Peter Dürr is a well known nuclear physicist and philosopher. He worked closely with the nuclear physicist Edward Teller, as well as the inventor of quantum mechanics, Werner Heisenberg. He is a former Director of the Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich. In 1987 Prof. Dürr founded the Global Challenges Network for sustainable development initiatives. He is chairman of the German Association of Scientists and is a key advocate of the development of a holistic science in the 21st century. He is a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award (1987). In 2002 the Cambridge Biographical Centre proclaimed him International Scientist of the Year and in 2004 Dürr received the highest Award of the German Government, the Federal Cross of Merit. |