Von Däniken was raised a strict Catholic, and attended the international Catholic school Saint-Michel in Fribourg, Switzerland.

Von Däniken withdrew from school, and became apprenticed to a Swiss hotelier.

Von Däniken entered a plea for nullity on the grounds that his intentions were not malicious and the credit institutions were at fault for failing to adequately research his references.

Von Däniken was sentenced on 13 February 1970 to three and a half years imprisonment and fined 3, 000 francs.

Von Däniken wrote his second book, Gods from Outer Space, while in prison.

Von Däniken told Playboy that although he had seen the library and other places he had described, he had fabricated some of the events to add interest to his book.

Von Däniken brought the Nazca Lines to public prominence with his 1968 book Chariots of the Gods ?, attracting so many tourists that researcher Maria Reiche had to spend much of her own time and money preserving them.

Von Däniken wrote in Chariots of the Gods?

Von Däniken also asserts the existence of a legend saying that a god gave the map to a priest, the god being an extraterrestrial being.

Von Däniken put forward photographs of ancient stones in Peru, with carvings of men using telescopes, detailed world maps, and advanced medical operations, all beyond the knowledge of ancient Peruvians.

Von Däniken had visited the potter and examined the stones himself, but he didn't mention this in his book.

Ronald Story published The Space Gods Revealed: A Close Look At The Theories of Erich Von Däniken in 1976, written in response to the evidence presented in Däniken's Chariots of the Gods ?.

Speaking in a 2001 documentary, Von Däniken said that although he could not conclusively prove to the scientific community that any of the items in his archive were of alien origin, he felt that " today's science " would not accept such evidence, as " the time is simply not right ".

Von Däniken offers the following hypotheses:

Von Däniken maintains that these artifacts were produced either by extraterrestrial visitors or by humans who learned the necessary knowledge from them.

The iron pillar of Delhi, erected by Chandragupta II the Great, which Von Däniken claimed did not rust.

Linda Schele saw Pakal falling down the Milky Way into the southern horizon, a view that has not found general acceptance among scholars, and even shows some resemblance to the science-fiction fantasies of Von Däniken ( see next section ).

Von Däniken reproduced a drawing of the sarcophagus lid ( incorrectly labeling it as being from " Copan ") and comparing Pacal's pose to that of 1960s Project Mercury astronauts, interpreting drawings underneath him as rockets, and offering it as evidence of a supposed extraterrestrial influence on the ancient Maya.

Von Baer ’ s laws governing embryonic development are specific rejections of recapitulation.

Von Baer ’ s laws state that general features of animals appear earlier in the embryo than special features, where less general features stem from the most general, each embryo of a species departs more and more from a predetermined passage through the stages of other animals, and there is never a complete morphological similarity between an embryo and a lower adult.

Von Baer ’ s embryo drawings display that individual development proceeds from general features of the developing embryo in early stages through differentiation into special features specific to the species, establishing that linear evolution could not occur.

Von Hartmann ’ s work, on which Ebbinghaus based his doctorate, did suggest that higher mental processes were hidden from view, which may have spurred Ebbinghaus to attempt to prove otherwise.

Von Trier proposed the films as ‘ a series of sermons on America ’ s sins and hypocrisy ’, inspired by the fact that American movie makers have made many movies about places across the world to which they have not travelled.

Italian physicist, Giovanni Modanese, while a Von Humboldt Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Physics, made the first attempt to provide a theoretical explanation of Podkletnov ’ s observations.

Blofeld in You Only Live Twice ( Donald Pleasence ), On Her Majesty ’ s Secret Service ( Telly Savalas ), Diamonds are Forever ( Charles Gray ) and Never Say Never Again ( Max Von Sydow ).

At Arnhem, the Dutch SS Wach Battalion 3 was attached to Kampfgruppe Von Tettau and the 3rd Battalion, 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland training at nearby Hoogeveen was quickly attached to Harzer ’ s 9th SS Panzer Division when they arrived at the battle on 20 September.

With Taylor ’ s encouragement, Borrow embarked upon his first translation: Von Klinger's version of the Faust legend, entitled Faustus, his Life, Death and Descent into Hell, first published in St. Petersburg in 1791.

Von Tirpitz ’ s shoulder boards had four pips revealing and he never received a Grand Admiral baton or the associated insignia.

Though she originally wanted to be a ballerina, Von Teese states that " By 15, I was as good as I ’ d ever be.

* Digby ’ s Secretary ( adapted from Gustave Von Moser's Der Bibliothekar, September 29, 1884, New York Comedy Theatre, New York ).

Von Sydow had never appeared in an English-language film and was best known for his performances in Ingmar Bergman ’ s dramatic films.

Von Ardenne was made head of Institute A, Goals of Manfred von Ardenne ’ s Institute A included: ( 1 ) Electromagnetic separation of isotopes, for which von Ardenne was the leader, ( 2 ) Techniques for manufacturing porous barriers for isotope separation, for which Peter Adolf Thiessen was the leader, and ( 3 ) Molecular techniques for separation of uranium isotopes, for which Max Steenbeck was the leader.

Von Schmidt reported that the valley ’ s soil was not good for agriculture except for the land near streams, and incorrectly stated that the " Owens Valley worthless to the White Man.

Von Braun ’ s engine used direct combustion and created fire, the Walter devices hot vapours from a chemical reaction, but both created thrust and provided high speed.

* In July 2008, MITRE was awarded the Air Force Association ’ s Theodore Von Karman award for " the most outstanding contribution in the field of engineering and science.

The platelet plug formation is activated by a glycoprotein called the Von Willebrand factor ( VWF ), which are found in the body ’ s blood plasma.

This was an alternative, fantastical, origin for Richards ’ arch enemy Dr Doom ( aka Victor Von Doom ).

" Posey and Perverted-Justice founder Xavier Von Erck appeared on Fox News Channel shortly thereafter, where Posey remarked, " It ’ s more of an entertainment site, actually.

Von Ebner-Eschenbach ’ s elegance of style, her incisive wit and masterly depiction of character give her a foremost place among the German women writers of her time.

Von Trotta was in charge of supervising the performance aspect while Schlöndorff dealt with the film ’ s mechanics.

Von Trotta ’ s film Rosa Luxemburg ( 1986 ) presents a biographical piece about an important individual who affected “ the history of European socialism .” Barbara Sukowa, who stars in several of von Trotta ’ s films, put on a great performance, capturing the Best Actress honors at Cannes in 1986 for her delivery of the main role.