

When We Cease to Understand the World
by Benjamín Labatut
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Published 6th May 2021
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Description
When We Cease to Understand the World shows us great minds striking out into dangerous, uncharted terrain.
Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger: these are among the luminaries into whose troubled minds we are thrust as they grapple with the most profound questions of existence. They have strokes of unparalleled genius, they alienate friends and lovers, they descend into isolated states of madness. Some of their discoveries revolutionise our world for the better; others pave the way to chaos and unimaginable suffering. The lines are never clear.
With breakneck pace and wondrous detail, Benjamín Labatut uses the imaginative resources of fiction to break open the stories of scientists and mathematicians who expanded our notions of the possible.
Details
When We Cease to Understand the World
by Benjamín Labatut and Adrian Nathan West
ISBN
9781782276142
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Binding
Paperback
Publication date
May 6, 2021