Bas Kast

Bas Kast
Born	Bas Kast (1973-01-16) 16 January 1973
Nationality	German
Occupation	Author Journalist
Employer	Tagesspiegel

Bas Kast is a German science writer. He studied psychology and biology at the University of Konstanz and with Marvin Minsky at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Kast was a fellow of the prestigious Studienstiftung. After completing his studies, he refused a PhD position to devote himself to writing. 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. He is a close friend of neuroscientist Christian Keysers.

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?"^[1]
• European Science Writers Award 2006^[2]
• freshwater snail Tylomelania baskasti is named in honor of Bas Kast^[3]

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)

References