Bas Kast

Bas Kast
Bas Kast
Born	Bas Kast; 16 January 1973
Nationality	German
Occupation	Author ; Journalist
Employer	Tagesspiegel

Bas Kast (born 1973 in Landau, residence in Rottendorf) is a German science writer. He studied psychology and biology at the University of Konstanz[1] and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1] Working as a freelancer first for the German weekly newspaper Die Zeit[1] and other magazines, he later became an editor and reporter for the Berlin-based newspaper Der Tagesspiegel.[2] His articles have earned him a number of national and international prizes.[2] 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?"[3]
European Science Writers Award 2006[2]
freshwater snail Tylomelania baskasti is named in honor of Bas Kast[4]

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) [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)

References

Kast, Bas (6 March 2018). "Gesunde Ernährung: Ich wollte mich selbst heilen". Die Zeit (in German). ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
"Laureates". www.eurosciencestiftung.de. Euroscience Stiftung. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
"Auf der Suche nach dem Mitgefühl | sciencegarden - Magazin für junge Forschung". 17 July 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
von Rintelen T. & Glaubrecht M. (2008). "Three new species of the freshwater snail genus Tylomelania (Caenogastropoda: Pachychilidae) from the Malili lake system, Sulawesi, Indonesia". Zootaxa 1852: 37-49. PDF.

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[:0-1] Kast, Bas (6 March 2018). "Gesunde Ernährung: Ich wollte mich selbst heilen". Die Zeit (in German). ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved 9 March 2018.

[:1-2] "Laureates". www.eurosciencestiftung.de. Euroscience Stiftung. Retrieved 9 March 2018.

[3] "Auf der Suche nach dem Mitgefühl | sciencegarden - Magazin für junge Forschung". 17 July 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2018.

[Rintelen_2008-4] von Rintelen T. & Glaubrecht M. (2008). "Three new species of the freshwater snail genus Tylomelania (Caenogastropoda: Pachychilidae) from the Malili lake system, Sulawesi, Indonesia". Zootaxa 1852: 37-49. PDF.