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Eduard Kurt Christian Pestel (born 29 May 1914 in Hildesheim, died 19 September 1988 in Hanover) was a German industrial designer〔National Academy of Engineering (1994) "EDUARD C. PESTEL". In: ''Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering''. Vol 7, p.183〕 economist, professor of mechanics and politician.〔Anneliese Ude-Pestel (2011) ''Lehrer, Mahner, Menschenfreund: Erinnerungen an Eduard Pestel''. isbn=3899270320.〕 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.〔(Eduard Christian Kurt ) deutsche-biographie.de. Retrieved November 11, 2012.〕 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eduard Pestel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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