Publication

Stockholm : Nirstedt/litteratur, 2022.

Author

Labatut, Benjamín

Number of Pages

233

Language

Swedish

Publication Year

2022

Original Language

Spanish

Categories and Tags

Paperback, Science, History of Science

Dewey Subjects

Literature > Spanish and Portuguese > Spanish fiction

About

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, alienate friends and lovers, and 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. At a breakneck pace and with 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.

Location

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