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Bas Haring (NL)


Bas Haring (NL) is associate professor at the Leiden University and a writer. He received his Ph.D. in artificial intelligence in 1997. His debut "Cheese and the Theory of Evolution" has been translated to various languages; in 2002 it won the prestigious Belgian Golden Owl for juvenile literature, the Dutch Eureka! prize for popular science, and the German prize for "The best scientific book of the year 2003". His most recent book "The Iron Will" is issued in 2003. The Iron Will is about the brain, consciousness, and thinking machines. Furthermore Bas Haring writes and presents the philosophical television program "Stof" that is broadcast on public channel 3.