Bas Kast

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.

Bas Kast
Born
Bas Kast

(1973-01-16) 16 January 1973
NationalityGerman
OccupationAuthor
Journalist
EmployerTagesspiegel

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

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