Bas Kast

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^[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][citation needed]} Kast has written several popular science books, some of which became best selling books that have been translated in numerous languages.^{[citation needed]}

Bas Kast
Born	Bas Kast (1973-01-16) 16 January 1973 (age 52)
Nationality	German
Education	European School Munich
Occupation(s)	Author Journalist
Employer	Tagesspiegel

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)
• Kompass für die Seele. Das Fazit neuester Studien zu Resilienz und innerer Stärke, C. Bertelsmann Verlag, München (2023)