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When We Cease to Understand the World
Benjamín Labatut - 2022-08-01 (first published in 2019)
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This mind-bending work explores scientific discovery, ethics, and the blurred line between genius and madness. Follow the stories of Albert Einstein, Alexander Grothendieck, Erwin Schrödinger, and Werner Heisenberg as they navigate groundbreaking discoveries and the potential consequences of their work. Through a mix of fact and fiction, this book reveals the strange and exhilarating world of science.
Robert Simpson
2020-09-06T10:55:08.000Z
Just finished 'When We Cease To Understand The World' (by Benjamin Labatut), an amazingly insightful narrative about the dark interconnected web behind some of the great discoveries of the last 100 years. Never read a book like it. Can highly recommend.      source