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 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.

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?"
 * European Science Writers Award 2006
 * freshwater snail Tylomelania baskasti is named in honor of Bas Kast

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)