Hans Christian von Baeyer explained

Alma Mater:	Columbia University University of Miami Vanderbilt University
Awards:	Andrew Gemant Award (2005) National Magazine Award (1991)
Field:	Physics
Work Institution:	College of William and Mary
Prizes:	Science Journalism Award

Hans Christian von Baeyer (born 1938) is a Chancellor Professor of Physics at the College of William and Mary. His books 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 American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Magazine Award in the category "Essays and Criticism,"^[1] which cites his "uncommon literary grace".^{[2] [3]} In addition, he also won the 2005 Andrew Gemant Award for science writing, for prose "crisp, captivating and illuminating" with "depth, passion and clarity" in the ideas conveyed.^[4]

Von Baeyer was born in Germany and left the country during World War II.^[5] He graduated from Columbia College in 1958 and received his M.S. from the University of Miami and Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University.^[6] He is a descendant of German geologist and military officer Johann Jacob Baeyer, whose son, Adolf von Baeyer, won the 1905 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.^[7]

In 1976, von Baeyer was selected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society.^[8]

Bibliography

• Book: none . Baeyer, Hans Christian von . Rainbows, Snowflakes, and Quarks: Physics and the World Around Us . McGraw-Hill . New York . 1984 . 0-07-067545-->.
• Book: none . Baeyer, Hans Christian von . 1 . The Fermi solution: Essays on Science . registration. Random House. New York . 1993 . 0-679-40031-1 .
• Book: none . Baeyer, Hans Christian von . 1 . Taming the Atom: The Emergence of the Visible Microworld (Penguin Science) . Penguin Books Ltd . London, England . 1994 . 0-14-015621-6 .
• none . Baeyer, Hans Christian von . 1 . July 1995 . Black holes, ants, & roller coasters . Discover . 16 . 7 . 54–61 . limited . 2023-03-18-->.
• Book: none . Baeyer, Hans Christian von . 1 . Warmth Disperses and Time Passes: The History of Heat . The Modern Library . New York . 1999 . 0-375-75372-9 . 633751312.
  • First published as: Book: none . Baeyer, Hans Christian von . Maxwell's Demon: Why Warmth Disperses and Time Passes . 1998 . Random House . 9780679433422 . 37695758.
• Book: none . Baeyer, Hans Christian von . 1 . Information: The New Language of Science . Harvard University Press . Cambridge . 2004 . 0-674-01387-5 . registration .
• Book: none . Baeyer, Hans Christian von . 1 . QBism: The Future of Quantum Physics . Harvard University Press . Cambridge, Mass. . 2016 . 9780674545342 . 984642826.

References

1. Web site: 2015-02-11 . That Relentless Whirligig: What Physics Tells us about Time . 2022-08-10 . Wolf Humanities Center . en.
2. Web site: Hans Christian Von Baeyer Penguin Random House. 2020-07-02. PenguinRandomhouse.com. en-US.
3. Book: Baeyer, Hans Christian Von. The Fermi Solution: Essays on Science. 2001-01-01. Courier Corporation. 978-0-486-41707-3. en.
4. 2007-01-12. AIP Bestows Gemant Award on Von Baeyer. Physics Today. en. 58. 6. 73. 10.1063/1.1996484. 0031-9228.
5. Web site: W&M professor recounts leaving Germany as a child in 1944 at the end of World War II . 2022-08-10 . Daily Press.
6. Web site: Hans C. von Baeyer. 2020-07-02. www.physics.wm.edu.
7. Web site: 2015-02-11. That Relentless Whirligig: What Physics Tells us about Time. 2020-07-02. Wolf Humanities Center. en.
8. Web site: APS Fellow Archive . American Physical Society.

External links

• Web site: Hans Christian von Baeyer . University of William & Mary . 2021-03-30.