Bas Haring facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Sebastiaan Haring
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Bas Haring
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| Born | 23 April 1968 |
| Nationality | Dutch |
Sebastiaan (Bas) Haring was born on April 23, 1968, in De Bilt, The Netherlands. He is a well-known Dutch writer who makes science easy to understand. He also writes books for kids and hosts TV shows. Bas Haring is a professor at Leiden University.
What Does Bas Haring Do?
Since 2007, Bas Haring has been a special professor at Leiden University. His job is to help everyone understand science better. This is called "public understanding of science." He also had his own TV show where he talked about big ideas and questions.
His Famous Books
Bas Haring became very popular with his children's book, Cheese and the Theory of Evolution. This book, published in 2001, explained evolution and what it means. It won many awards and has been translated into ten different languages. This means kids all over the world can read it! In 2008, he also published a book called For a Successful Life.
