{"id":575,"date":"2025-08-12T19:44:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T17:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geist-heidelberg.de\/en\/?post_type=persons&#038;p=575"},"modified":"2025-08-12T19:44:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T17:44:55","slug":"harald-lesch","status":"publish","type":"persons","link":"https:\/\/www.geist-heidelberg.de\/en\/persons\/harald-lesch","title":{"rendered":"Harald Lesch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW139948947 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139948947 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">Became well-known through his programs\u202f<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW139948947 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW139948947 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Emphasis\">Leschs<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139948947 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Emphasis\"> Kosmos<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW139948947 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139948947 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">,\u202f<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW139948947 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139948947 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Emphasis\">Frag den Lesch<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW139948947 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139948947 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">, and\u202f<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW139948947 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW139948947 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Emphasis\">Faszination<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW139948947 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Emphasis\">Universum<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW139948947 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139948947 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">. The astrophysicist and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139948947 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">nature<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139948947 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> philosopher is a recognized science communicator who explains <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139948947 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139948947 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">pressing questions of our time in a scientifically based yet entertaining manner. He teaches at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit\u00e4t and at the Hochschule f\u00fcr Philosophie, both in Munich.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":576,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-575","persons","type-persons","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Harald Lesch - Geist Heidelberg English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geist-heidelberg.de\/en\/persons\/harald-lesch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Harald Lesch - Geist Heidelberg English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Became well-known through his programs\u202fLeschs Kosmos,\u202fFrag den Lesch, and\u202fFaszination Universum. 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