Sebastiaan (Bas) Haring (born 23 April 1968 in

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) is a Dutch writer of

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and

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and

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. He is a full professor at Leiden University, where he has held a chair in "public understanding of science" since 2007. He also hosted his own philosophical TV program for Dutch public broadcasting. Haring first achieved prominence with his 2001 children's book ''Cheese and the Theory of Evolution'' in which he explained

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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).

Bibliography

* Cheese and the Theory of Evolution (2001) * The Iron Will (2003) * Media technology (2007) * For a Successful Life: A Plea for the Unsuccessful Life (2008) (Beautiful Books Limited) * The Aquarium of Walter Huijsmans (2009) * Why? (2009) * Falling Quarters-A smart selection of readable science (Along with Ionica Smeets, 2010) * The Consciousness (2010) * Plastic pandas (2011) * Waarom cola duurder is dan melk (2016)

References

External links

Official page (Dutch)

Dutch television archives (Dutch)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Haring, Bas 1968 births Living people 20th-century Dutch philosophers 21st-century Dutch philosophers Dutch children's writers Dutch television presenters Leiden University faculty People from De Bilt