Background
He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Tor Nørretranders" mother is Yvonne Levy (since 1920) and his father was Bjarne Nørretranders (1922-1986).
He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Tor Nørretranders" mother is Yvonne Levy (since 1920) and his father was Bjarne Nørretranders (1922-1986).
Tor Nørretranders graduated at "Det frie gymnasium" in 1973 and reached a candidate.techn.soc-degree from Roskilde University (Roskilde) in 1982, specialized in environment planning and its scientific theoretic basis.
His books and lectures have primarily been focused on light popular science and its role in society, often with Nørretranders" own advice about how society should integrate new findings in popular science. He introduced the notion of exformation in his book The User Illusion. The Technical University of Denmark from 1982-1983
The Danish Royal Academy of Art 1990-1991
Adjunct Professor of the philosophy of science at Copenhagen Business School since 2003.
Information (Danish Paper) 1975-1982
Weekendavisen (Danish Paper) 1983-1985
Børsens Nyhedsmagasin (Danish Paper) 1985-1986
Danmarks Radio television-K (Danish television-station) 1986-1988
Chaos 1988-1990 (company producing science journalism and television).