Eduard Pestel
Eduard Kurt Christian Pestel (born 29 May 1914 in Hildesheim, died 19 September 1988 in Hanover) was a German industrial designer[1] economist, professor of mechanics and politician.[2] He was coauthor with Mihajlo Mesarovic of Mankind at the turning point, the second report of the Club of Rome in 1974 which expanded and reviewed the predictions of The Limits to Growth.
Biography
After a three years study for bricklayer, Pestel received further education at the Fachhochschule in Hildesheim and from 1935 to 1938 at the University of Hanover.[3]
Pestel was since 1956 a full Professor of Mechanics at the Technische Hochschule Hannover (today University of Hanover. Pestel founded the chair of mechanics in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Haifa (Technion) in Israel. Also, he founded in 1975 the Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and Forecast (ISP), which was renamed in his honor as the Eduard Pestel Institute for Systems Research.
In 1966 he was a member of the NATO Science Committee, and later a member of the Board of Trustees of the Volkswagen Foundation and Vice President of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. In 1968 he was one of the founders of the Club of Rome. He also saw the founding of the German Association of the Club of Rome (DGCoR) in 1978, of which he was the first chair, position he held until his death.
In Lower Saxony, he was a member of the CDU Party 1977-1981 Minister of Science and Arts. In this capacity, he worked on the 1982 founding of the made by Albert Einstein in 1924, and banned the Nazi era German Technion Society, which promotes cooperation between Jewish and German scientists. Eduard Pestel, who until his death president of this society.
In 1982, Pestel, the Max Born Medal awarded for responsibility in science. Pestel was married to Anneliese Ude-Pestel, an analytical psychotherapist and author.
Publications
- 1963. Matrix methods in elastomechanics. With Frederick A. Leckie.
- 1968. Dynamics. With William T. Thomson.
- 1969. Statics . With William Tyrrell Thomson
- 1974. Multilevel computer model of world development system, April 29-May 3, 1974 : summary of the proceedings. Edited with M. Mesarovic.
- 1974. Mankind at the turning point. With Mihajlo Mesarovic.
- 1989. Beyond the Limits to growth : a report to the Club of Rome.
References
- ↑ National Academy of Engineering (1994) "EDUARD C. PESTEL". In: Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering. Vol 7, p.183
- ↑ Anneliese Ude-Pestel (2011) Lehrer, Mahner, Menschenfreund: Erinnerungen an Eduard Pestel. ISBN 3899270320.
- ↑ Eduard Christian Kurt deutsche-biographie.de. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
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- Biography at pestel-institut.de