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Lars Lindberg Christensen is a science communicator heading the ESO

ESO

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education and Public Outreach Department in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

, Germany

Germany

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. He is responsible for public outreach and education for the VLT

VLT

VLT may stand for:* Very Large Telescope, a system of four large optical telescopes organized in an array formation, located in northern Chile...

, La Silla, for ESO’s part of ALMA

Atacama Large Millimeter Array

The Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array is an array of radio telescopes in the Atacama desert of northern Chile. Since a high and dry site is crucial to millimeter wavelength operations, the array is being constructed on the Chajnantor plateau at 5000 metres altitude...

, E-ELT and ESA

European Space Agency

The European Space Agency , established in 1975, is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space, currently with 18 member states...

’s part of the Hubble Space Telescope

Hubble Space Telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope is a space telescope that was carried into orbit by a Space Shuttle in 1990 and remains in operation. A 2.4 meter aperture telescope in low Earth orbit, Hubble's four main instruments observe in the near ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared...

, the International Astronomical Union

International Astronomical Union

The International Astronomical Union IAU is a collection of professional astronomers, at the Ph.D. level and beyond, active in professional research and education in astronomy...

(IAU) Press Office and the International Year of Astronomy 2009 Secretariat. He is Press Officer for the IAU and manager of the ESA
European Space Agency
The European Space Agency , established in 1975, is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space, currently with 18 member states...

/ESO
European Southern Observatory
The European Southern Observatory is an intergovernmental research organisation for astronomy, supported by fifteen countries...

/NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...

Photoshop FITS Liberator
FITS Liberator
The ESA/ESO/NASA Photoshop FITS Liberator is a free plugin for Adobe Photoshop, which makes it possible to process and edit astronomical science data in the FITS format to produce stunning images of the universe....

project.

Lars Lindberg Christensen has more than 100 publications to his credit, most of them in popular science communication and its theory. His other productive interests lie in the areas of graphical communication, written communication, technical communication and scientific communication. He has produced material for a multitude of different media from star shows, laser shows and slide shows, to web, print, TV and radio. He is married and has a son.

Awards

MEDEA Special Jury Award, (Eyes on the Skies), 2009
Wiley-VCH, Book Bestseller #2, (Eyes on the Skies), 2008
Wiley-VCH, Book Bestseller #8, (Hidden Universe), 2008
Wiley-VCH, Book Bestseller #3, (Hubble — 15 Years of Discovery), 2006
The Tycho Brahe
Tycho Brahe
Tycho Brahe , born Tyge Ottesen Brahe, was a Danish nobleman known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical and planetary observations...

Medal for achievements in science communication, 2005

Movies By Christensen

Director, Executive producer and co-author of the science documentary Eyes on the Skies - 400 Years of Telescopic Discovery, IAU/ESA-Hubble/ESO, 2008
Director, Executive producer and co-author of the science documentary Hubble - 15 Years of Discovery
Hubble - 15 Years of Discovery
Hubble - 15 Years of Discovery is a book that formed part of the European Space Agency's 15th anniversary celebration activities for the 1990 launch of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope...

, ESA/Hubble, 2005

Books By Christensen

Cosmic Collisions, w. R.Y. Shida and D.D. Martin, 2009, ISBN 978-0-387-93853-0
하늘을 보는 눈, w. G. Schilling, Science Books, 2009, ISBN 978-89-8371-122-9
見えない宇宙を観る, w. R. Fosbury and R. Hurt, Maruzen, 2009, ISBN 978-4-621-08144-0
星空の４００年, w. G. Schilling, Maruzen, 2009, ISBN 978-4-621-08145-7
Eyes on the Skies - 400 Years of Telescopic Discovery, w. G. Schilling, Wiley, 2009, ISBN 3-527-40865-7
Unser Fenster zum Weltraum, w. G. Schilling, Wiley, 2009, ISBN 3-527-40867-3
Katse taivaalle, w. G. Schilling, URSA, 2008, ISBN 978-952-5329-73-5
Hidden Universe, w. R. Fosbury and R. Hurt, Wiley, 2009, ISBN 3-527-40866-5
Verborgenes Universum, w. R. Fosbury and R. Hurt, Wiley, 2009, ISBN 3-527-40868-1
Kätketty maailmankaikkeus, w. R. Fosbury and R. Hurt, URSA, 2008, ISBN 978-952-5329-74-2
繁體中文版《哈勃十七年探索之旅》出版, w. R. Fosbury, 2008, ISBN 978-962-432-630-7
Communicating Astronomy with the public 2007 Proceedings From the ESO/ESA/IAU Conference Athens, Greece, 8 - 11 October 2007, eds. L. L. Christensen, M. Zoulias & I. Robson, ESA/Hubble, 2008
Kvantespring i det 20. Århundrede – astronomi og fysik mod det nye årtusinde, w. Helge Kragh, John Rosendal Nielsen, Michael Cramer Andersen, Simon Olling Rebsdorf, Asbjørn Petersen and Peter Hansen, Fysikforlaget, 2007, ISBN 87-7792-034-1
The Hands-On Guide for Science Communicators
The Hands-On Guide for Science Communicators
The Hands-On Guide for Science Communicators is a book which shows how to create the perfect marriage between science and communication...

, Springer New York, 2006, ISBN 0-387-26324-1
Hubble - 15 Years of Discovery
Hubble - 15 Years of Discovery
Hubble - 15 Years of Discovery is a book that formed part of the European Space Agency's 15th anniversary celebration activities for the 1990 launch of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope...

, w. R. Fosbury, Springer New York, 2006, ISBN 0-387-28599-7
Hubble: 15 Jahre auf Entdeckungsreise, w. R. Fosbury, Wiley, 2006, ISBN 3-527-40682-4
Communicating Astronomy with the public 2005 Proceedings From the ESO/ESA/IAU Conference 14-17 June 2005, eds. I. Robson & L. L. Christensen, ESA/Hubble, 2006
Hubble - Viidentoista vuoden löytöretki, w. R. Fosbury, Ursa, 2005, ISBN 952-5329-46-1
Hubble – 15 Anos de Descoberta, w. R. Fosbury, Edições ASA, 2005, ISBN 972-41-4483-6
Lysfænomener i Naturen, Høst & Søn, w. M. v.d. Poel and A. V. Olesen, 1998, ISBN 87-14-29462-1

Book translations By Christensen

Gyldendals Store Himmelguide, Gyldendal, 2000, ISBN 87-02-01168-9
Gyldendals bog om Vejret, Gyldendal, 1999, ISBN 87-02-01166-2
Håndbog til Himlens Stjerner, Høst & Søn, 1998, ISBN 87-14-29423-0
Stjernekigger, Høst & Søn, 1998

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