Bas Kast (born 1973 in

Landau Landau ( pfl, Landach), officially Landau in der Pfalz, is an autonomous (''kreisfrei'') town surrounded by the Südliche Weinstraße ("Southern Wine Route") district of southern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a university town (since 1990 ...

, residence in Rottendorf) is a German science writer. He studied

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...

and

biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary i ...

at the

University of Konstanz The University of Konstanz (german: Universität Konstanz) is a university in the city of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its main campus was opened on the Gießberg in 1972 after being founded in 1966. The university is Germany's ...

and at the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

. Working as a freelancer first for the German weekly newspaper

Die Zeit ''Die Zeit'' (, "The Time") is a German national weekly newspaper published in Hamburg in Germany. The newspaper is generally considered to be among the German newspapers of record and is known for its long and extensive articles. History The ...

and other magazines, he later became an editor and reporter for the Berlin-based newspaper

Der Tagesspiegel ''Der Tagesspiegel'' (meaning ''The Daily Mirror'') is a German daily newspaper. It has regional correspondent offices in Washington D.C. and Potsdam. It is the only major newspaper in the capital to have increased its circulation, now 148,000, s ...

. His articles have earned him a number of national and international prizes. Kast has written several popular science books, some of which became best selling books that have been translated in numerous languages.

Articles (English)

* "Decisions, decisions...", Nature, 2001 May 10;411(6834):126-8. * "The best supporting actors", Nature, 2001 Aug 16;412(6848):674-6.

Awards

* Axel-Springer-Preis 2002 for the article "What is Empathy?" * European Science Writers Award 2006 * freshwater snail '' Tylomelania baskasti'' is named in honor of Bas Kastvon Rintelen T. & Glaubrecht M. (2008). "Three new species of the freshwater snail genus ''Tylomelania'' (Caenogastropoda: Pachychilidae) from the Malili lake system, Sulawesi, Indonesia". ''

Zootaxa ''Zootaxa'' is a peer-reviewed scientific mega journal for animal taxonomists. It is published by Magnolia Press (Auckland, New Zealand). The journal was established by Zhi-Qiang Zhang in 2001 and new issues are published multiple times a week. ...

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Books

* Revolution im Kopf (2003) * Die Liebe und wie sich Leidenschaft erklärt (2004) * Wie der Bauch dem Kopf beim Denken hilft (2007) * Lauras Schweigen (2011) ovel published using the alias Niels Nefarius* Ich weiß nicht, was ich wollen soll (2012) * Und plötzlich macht es KLICK! (2015) * Der Ernährungskompass. Das Fazit aller wissenschaftlichen Studien zum Thema Ernährung. (2018) * Der Ernährungskompass – Das Kochbuch. (2019) * Das Buch eines Sommers. Werde, wer du bist. (2020)

References

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