Bas Kast

Infobox Person
name=Bas Kast


birth_name=Bas Kast
birth_date=bda|1973|01|16
right|framed|Bas Kast
nationality=German
occupation=Author
Journalist
employer=Tagesspiegel

Bas Kast is a writer and science author currently living in Berlin, Germany. 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 are inspired by a wish to share his passion for science with a general publicFact|date=September 2008 and have earned him a number of national and international prizes. Kast has written three popular science books, two 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 Award 2002 for the article "What is Empathy?" [http://www.sciencegarden.de/content/2003-08/auf-der-suche-nach-dem-mitgef%C3%BChl]
European Science Writers Award 2006 [http://www.eurosciencestiftung.de/preistraeger_e.html]

Books

Revolution im Kopf (2003)
Die Liebe und wie sich Leidenschaft erklärt (2004)
Wie der Bauch dem Kopf beim Denken hilft (2007)