Lars Lindberg Christensen

For the shipowner and whaling magnate, see Lars Christensen. For the poet and novelist, see Lars Saabye Christensen.

Lars Lindberg Christensen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark October 18, 1970. He was educated at the University of Copenhagen and worked at Tycho Brahe Planetarium from 1989 to 1999. Here he participated in the Tycho Brahe Expedition 1998 in Greenland to search for a bright meteorite that fell December 9, 1997. In 1999 he was employed by ESO and is currently a science communicator heading its education and Public Outreach Department in Munich, Germany. He is responsible for public outreach and education for the VLT, La Silla, for ESO’s part of ALMA, E-ELT and ESA’s part of the Hubble Space Telescope, as well as the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Press Office. He is Press Officer for the IAU and manager of the ESA/ESO/NASA Photoshop FITS Liberator project. In 2007-2010 he served as manager of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 Secretariat.

Lars Lindberg Christensen has mainly published in popular science communication and its theory, written communication, technical communication and scientific communication. He has produced material for different media such as planetarium shows, laser shows, slide shows, 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 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, ESA/Hubble, 2005

Books By Christensen

• Treasures of the Southern Sky, w. R. Gendler. & D. Malin, 2011, ISBN ISBN 978-1-4614-0627-3
• International Year of Astronomy 2009 — Final Report, w. P. Russo, P., 2010, International Astronomical Union, ISBN 978-3-923524-65-5
• Postcards from the Edge of the Universe - An Anthology of Frontline Astronomy from Around the World, edited w. L. Pullen & M. Barrosa, 2009, ISBN 978-3-923524-64-8
• Cosmic Collisions, w. R.Y. Shida and D.D. Martin, 2009, ISBN 978-0-387-93853-0
  • Kosmische Kollisionen, 2010, ISBN 978-3-8274-2555-3
• Eyes on the Skies - 400 Years of Telescopic Discovery, w. G. Schilling, Wiley, 2009, ISBN 3-527-40865-7
  • OČI, ZAZRTE V NEBO 400 let odkritij s teleskopi, DMFA–založništvo, 2011, ISBN 978-961-212-236-2
  • 天文望远镜400年探索之旅, 上海科技文献出版社, 2011, ISBN 978-7-5439-4298-1
  • 하늘을 보는 눈, Science Books, 2009, ISBN 978-89-8371-122-9
  • 星空の４００年, Maruzen, 2009, ISBN 978-4-621-08145-7
  • Unser Fenster zum Weltraum, Wiley, 2009, ISBN 3-527-40867-3
  • Katse taivaalle, URSA, 2008, ISBN 978-952-5329-73-5
• Hidden Universe, w. R. Fosbury and R. Hurt, Wiley, 2009, ISBN 3-527-40866-5
  • 隐秘的宇宙科技展销, 上海科技文献出版社, 2011, ISBN 978-7-5439-4307-0
  • Verborgenes Universum, Wiley, 2009, ISBN 3-527-40868-1
  • 見えない宇宙を観る, Maruzen, 2009, ISBN 978-4-621-08144-0
  • Kätketty maailmankaikkeus, URSA, 2008, ISBN 978-952-5329-74-2
• 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, Springer New York, 2006, ISBN 0-387-26324-1
• Hubble - 15 Years of Discovery, w. R. Fosbury, Springer New York, 2006, ISBN 0-387-28599-7
  • 哈勃望远镜17年探索之旅, 上海科技文献出版社, 2011, ISBN 978-7-5439-4306-3
  • 繁體中文版《哈勃十七年探索之旅》出版, 2008, ISBN 978-962-432-630-7
  • Hubble: 15 Jahre auf Entdeckungsreise, Wiley, 2006, ISBN 3-527-40682-4
  • Hubble - Viidentoista vuoden löytöretki, Ursa, 2005, ISBN 952-5329-46-1
  • Hubble – 15 Anos de Descoberta, Edições ASA, 2005, ISBN 972-41-4483-6
• 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
• 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

External links

• Homepage of Lars Lindberg Christensen
• The movie Eyes on the Skies - 400 Years of Telescopic Discovery
• The book Hidden Universe
• The movie Hubble - 15 Years of Discovery
• Tycho Brahe Medal 2005