Josef Honerkamp was active for more than 30 years as a professor of theoretical physics, first at the University of Bonn, then for many years at the University of Freiburg. He has worked in the fields of Quantum Field Theory, Statistical Mechanics, and Stochastic Dynamical Systems, and he is the author of several textbooks, as well as the nonfiction book ‘Die Entdeckung des Unvorstellbaren’.
Following his retirement in 2006, he is keen to devote himself even more to interdisciplinary discussions. He is particularly interested in the self-understanding of a science, its methods, first principles, and issues.

In his spare time, he composes in the classic style, and produces his compositions with the help of modern software.