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Stefan Klein

Disciplines:
physics
philosophy/time
germany
science writing

Summary

German science journalist — author of The Secret Pulse of Time and The Science of Happiness — who writes popular science on subjective experience, physics, and consciousness.

Core Contribution

Creates the popular science of subjective time — The Secret Pulse of Time synthesizes physics, neuroscience, and psychology to explain why time feels different at different life stages and under different conditions.

Notable Works & Achievements

The Science of Happiness

The Secret Pulse of Time

Survival of the Nicest

Historical Influences

Carlo Rovelli William James

Intellectual Lineage

FreiburgFreiburg UniversityScience journalism Hamburg

Contemporaries & Peers

Carlo Rovelli Marcus du Sautoy

Minds Influenced

German popular science writing

Intellectual Posterity

The Secret Pulse of Time The Science of Happiness

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