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Bas Kast

German science writer (born 1973)

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Bas Kast (born 1973 in Landau, residence in Rottendorf) is a German-Dutch science writer. He studied psychology and biology at the University of Konstanz and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Working as a freelancer first for the German weekly newspaper Die Zeit and other magazines, he later became an editor and reporter for the Berlin-based newspaper Der Tagesspiegel. 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.

01Articles (English)

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

02Awards

03Books

  • Revolution im Kopf (2003)
  • Die Liebe und wie sich Leidenschaft erklärt (2004)
  • Wie der Bauch dem Kopf beim Denken hilft (2007)
  • Lauras Schweigen (2011) [Novel 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)
  • Kompass für die Seele. Das Fazit neuester Studien zu Resilienz und innerer Stärke, C. Bertelsmann Verlag, München (2023)
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