Hans Christian von Baeyer

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,"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> which cites his "uncommon literary grace".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Von Baeyer was born in Germany and left the country during World War II.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He graduated from Columbia College in 1958 and received his M.S. from the University of Miami and Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 1976, von Baeyer was selected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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