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Waren die Götter Astronauten? (GERMAN): Were the Gods Astronauts ?
by von Khuon, Ernst
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Were the Gods Astronauts/Waren die Götter Astronauten?
edited by Ernst von KhuonPublisher: Droemer-Knaur (1972)text is in GermanISBN 13: 9783426002841ISBN 10: 3426002841PaperbackDimensions: 4.6 x 7.1 inches, 238 pages
Erich von Däniken caused a stir worldwide with his two first bestsellers "Memories of the Future" and "Back to the Stars". Further works followed, which were no less successful. The questions were getting louder and louder for the representatives of science. Increasingly, representatives of science have demanded that they finally take a stand. The anthology, edited by Khuon, features a number of scholarly scholars who are critical of Danish thought. Some agree with him, others reject him. In the end, Erich von Däniken himself comments on the critique of the scientists in his work.-------------------"Rarely has a thesis evoked so many discussions as the author Erich von Däniken, who seeks to prove in his bestselling works" Memories of the Future "and" Back to the Stars, "the essence In this book, the well-known television journalist Ernst von Khuon has asked sixteen well-known international scholars to scrutinize this thesis."-------------------Ernst von Khuon-Wildegg (born August 11, 1915 in Pasing , † January 31, 1997 in Munich ) was a German radio and television journalist and author of nonfiction and novels.
After a private study of cultural and technical history, he was a science reporter at the Reichssender Munich since 1935 . From 1939 to 1945 he was a war correspondent for the Luftwaffe as a member of a propaganda company .
After the war, he was first specialist correspondent for science and technology at the Südwestfunk (since 1948), then (from 1963 to 1977) SWF chief reporter for radio and television. He has received numerous awards and distinctions. In addition to journalistic work, he wrote several radio plays and audio sequences, documentaries , popular science non-fiction and science fiction novels (including Helium 1949, radio play 1950).
Khuon gained great popularity through the ARD's moon flight reports in the late 1960s / early 1970s. The book he published was also well known. Were the gods astronauts? , in which scientists critically dealt with the theses of Erich von Däniken . However, Khuon was by no means a committed opponent of the study of the history of the past. So he steered z. For example, in 1976 a friendly-affirming preface to Otto Muck's bestseller Alles über Atlantis .
Ernst von Khuon died in 1997 at the age of 81. --------------------------Erich Anton Paul von Däniken (born 14 April 1935) is a Swiss author of several books which make claims about extraterrestrial influences on early human culture, including the best-selling Chariots of the Gods?, published in 1968. Von Däniken is one of the main figures responsible for popularizing the "paleo-contact" and ancient astronauts hypotheses. The ideas put forth in his books are rejected by a majority of scientists and academics, who categorize his work as pseudohistory, pseudoarchaeology, and pseudoscience. Early in his career, he was convicted and served time for several counts of fraud or embezzlement, and even wrote one of his books in prison.
Von Däniken later became a co-founder of the Archaeology, Astronautics and SETI Research Association (AAS RA). He designed Mystery Park (now known as Jungfrau Park), a theme park located in Interlaken, Switzerland, that opened in May 2003.
edited by Ernst von KhuonPublisher: Droemer-Knaur (1972)text is in GermanISBN 13: 9783426002841ISBN 10: 3426002841PaperbackDimensions: 4.6 x 7.1 inches, 238 pages
Erich von Däniken caused a stir worldwide with his two first bestsellers "Memories of the Future" and "Back to the Stars". Further works followed, which were no less successful. The questions were getting louder and louder for the representatives of science. Increasingly, representatives of science have demanded that they finally take a stand. The anthology, edited by Khuon, features a number of scholarly scholars who are critical of Danish thought. Some agree with him, others reject him. In the end, Erich von Däniken himself comments on the critique of the scientists in his work.-------------------"Rarely has a thesis evoked so many discussions as the author Erich von Däniken, who seeks to prove in his bestselling works" Memories of the Future "and" Back to the Stars, "the essence In this book, the well-known television journalist Ernst von Khuon has asked sixteen well-known international scholars to scrutinize this thesis."-------------------Ernst von Khuon-Wildegg (born August 11, 1915 in Pasing , † January 31, 1997 in Munich ) was a German radio and television journalist and author of nonfiction and novels.
After a private study of cultural and technical history, he was a science reporter at the Reichssender Munich since 1935 . From 1939 to 1945 he was a war correspondent for the Luftwaffe as a member of a propaganda company .
After the war, he was first specialist correspondent for science and technology at the Südwestfunk (since 1948), then (from 1963 to 1977) SWF chief reporter for radio and television. He has received numerous awards and distinctions. In addition to journalistic work, he wrote several radio plays and audio sequences, documentaries , popular science non-fiction and science fiction novels (including Helium 1949, radio play 1950).
Khuon gained great popularity through the ARD's moon flight reports in the late 1960s / early 1970s. The book he published was also well known. Were the gods astronauts? , in which scientists critically dealt with the theses of Erich von Däniken . However, Khuon was by no means a committed opponent of the study of the history of the past. So he steered z. For example, in 1976 a friendly-affirming preface to Otto Muck's bestseller Alles über Atlantis .
Ernst von Khuon died in 1997 at the age of 81. --------------------------Erich Anton Paul von Däniken (born 14 April 1935) is a Swiss author of several books which make claims about extraterrestrial influences on early human culture, including the best-selling Chariots of the Gods?, published in 1968. Von Däniken is one of the main figures responsible for popularizing the "paleo-contact" and ancient astronauts hypotheses. The ideas put forth in his books are rejected by a majority of scientists and academics, who categorize his work as pseudohistory, pseudoarchaeology, and pseudoscience. Early in his career, he was convicted and served time for several counts of fraud or embezzlement, and even wrote one of his books in prison.
Von Däniken later became a co-founder of the Archaeology, Astronautics and SETI Research Association (AAS RA). He designed Mystery Park (now known as Jungfrau Park), a theme park located in Interlaken, Switzerland, that opened in May 2003.
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- Waren die Götter Astronauten? (GERMAN)
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