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Hans Christian von Baeyer (born 1938) is a Chancellor Professor of Physics at the
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. His
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s include '' Information: The New Language of Science'', ''Warmth Disperses and Time Passes: The History of Heat'', and ''QBism: The Future of Quantum Physics''. He received the Science Journalism Award of the
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and the
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in the category "Essays and Criticism," which cites his "uncommon literary grace". In addition, he also won the 2005
Andrew Gemant Award The Andrew Gemant Award is a prize awarded by the American Institute of Physics to a person who has made substantial cultural, artistic, or humanistic contributions to physics. The award is named after Andrew Gemant, a pioneer in materials scie ...
for science writing, for prose "crisp, captivating and illuminating" with "depth, passion and clarity" in the ideas conveyed. Von Baeyer was born in
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and left the country during
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. He graduated from Columbia College in 1958 and received his M.S. from the
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and Ph.D. from
Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private university, private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provide ...
. He is a descendant of German geologist and military officer
Johann Jacob Baeyer Johann Jacob Baeyer (born 5 November 1794 in Berlin, died 10 September 1885 in Berlin) was a German geodesist and a lieutenant-general in the Royal Prussian Army. He was the first director of the Royal Prussian Geodetic Institute and is regarded ...
, whose son,
Adolf von Baeyer Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer (; 31 October 1835 – 20 August 1917) was a German chemist who synthesised indigo dye, indigo and developed a Von Baeyer nomenclature, nomenclature for cyclic compounds (that was subsequently extended a ...
, won the 1905
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. In 1976, von Baeyer was selected as a
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* 1938 births Living people 21st-century American physicists American male non-fiction writers College of William & Mary faculty Discover (magazine) people Fellows of the American Physical Society American probability theorists Columbia College (New York) alumni Vanderbilt University alumni University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences alumni {{US-physicist-stub