About the Author

Ernst Peter Fischer

Prof. Dr. Ernst Peter Fischer, born in Wuppertal in 1947, holds a degree in physics, a doctorate in biology, and a habilitation in the history of science. He teaches the history of science at the University of Heidelberg and writes as a science publicist for publications such as GEO, Bild der Wissenschaft, and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. He has published many successful non-fiction books, including "Die kosmische Hintertreppe" (The Cosmic Backstairs), "Die Hintertreppe zum Quantensprung" (The Backstairs to the Quantum Leap), and the entertaining and informative book on genetics, "GENial!". He has received several awards for his work, including the Sartorius Prize from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences.