Georg Maier directs research into modes of observation and conceptualization of nature at the Forschungslinstitut am Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland. Formerly, we was engaged in neutron diffraction research at the Kernforschungsanlage Julich (KFA) in Germany. Georg Maier is a coauthor of the books "Being on Earth" (1996) and "The Marriage of Sense and Thought" (1997).