When we cease to understand the world
(Book)
Uniform Title
Author
Contributors
West, Adrian Nathan, translator.
Published
New York : New York Review Books, [2021].
ISBN
9781681375663, 1681375664
Physical Desc
189 pages ; 22 cm
Status
Bedford - Adult
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More Details
Published
New York : New York Review Books, [2021].
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9781681375663, 1681375664
Notes
Description
"A fictional examination of the lives of real-life scientists and thinkers whose discoveries resulted in moral consequences beyond their imagining. When We Cease to Understand the World is a book about the complicated links between scientific and mathematical discovery, madness, and destruction. Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrodinger: these are some of luminaries into whose troubled lives Labatut's book thrusts the reader, showing us how they grappled with the most profound questions of existence. They have strokes of unparalleled genius, alienate friends and lovers, descend into isolation and insanity. Some of their discoveries reshape human life to the better; others pave the way to chaos and unimaginable suffering. The lines are never clear. At a breakneck pace and with a wealth of disturbing detail, Benjamin Labatut uses the imaginative resources of fiction to tell the stories of scientists and mathematicians who expanded our notions of the possible"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Labatut, B., & West, A. N. (2021). When we cease to understand the world . New York Review Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Labatut, Benjamín, 1980- and Adrian Nathan, West. 2021. When We Cease to Understand the World. New York Review Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Labatut, Benjamín, 1980- and Adrian Nathan, West. When We Cease to Understand the World New York Review Books, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Labatut, Benjamín, and Adrian Nathan West. When We Cease to Understand the World New York Review Books, 2021.
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