Beat Glogger (born 12 March 1960) is a Swiss science journalist, television host, and author.

He studied biology and biochemistry in Zurich, graduated as a journalism major, and went on to present MTW, a popular Swiss science TV programme. In 2006 he was nominated for the Descartes Prize in Science Communication awarded by the European Commission; in 2008 he was named the Science Journalist of the Year.[1]

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He wrote fiction as well as science; his novel, Xenesis was awarded the Media Prix in 2005 by the Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences,[2] and published in Czech and Slovak as well as the original German. Another novel, Lauf um mein Leben, was published in 2008.

References

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  1. ^ "Awards 2008". Tamedia.ch. Archived from the original on 9 September 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  2. ^ "Descartes Communication Prize 2006" (PDF). Euratom -Publications- Eur. Brussels: European Commission: 33. ISSN 1018-5593. Retrieved 15 June 2010.