Name Bas Haring Role Philosopher | Education Utrecht University | |
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Books Kaas en de evolutietheorie, For A Successful Life Awards Golden Owl - Youth Literature Prize | ||
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Sebastiaan (Bas) Haring / Prof.dr. S. Haring (born 23 April 1968 in De Bilt) is a Dutch philosopher, writer of popular science and children's literature, television presenter and professor. He's a full professor at Leiden University where he holds a chair in “public understanding of science” since 2007. He also hosted his own philosophical tv-program for Dutch public broadcasting. In his work his aims are to make science more accessible for a general public. Haring tries to make others think about simple and complex issues. To make his questions, positions and point of views clear, he's known for using humor, personal stories, and analogies between animals, people and computers.
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Haring first achieved prominence with his 2001 children's book Cheese and the Theory of Evolution in which he explained evolution and its implications. The book received several awards and has been translated into ten different languages. His book For a Successful Life was published in 2008 by Beautiful Books Limited (UK).