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When we cease to understand the world / Benjamín Labatut ; translated from the Spanish by Adrian Nathan West.
"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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781681375663
- ISBN: 1681375664
- Physical Description: 189 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : New York Review Books, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prussian blue -- Schwarzschild's singularity -- The heart of the heart -- When we cease to understand the world -- The night gardener. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Labatut, Benjamín, 1980- > Translations into English. Scientists > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Short stories. |
Available copies
- 8 of 9 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 9 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Albright Memorial Library | FICTION LABATUT (Text) | 50686016390994 | Adult Fiction | In Transit | - |
| Gettysburg Library | FIC LABATUT BENJAMÍN (Text) | 35740635811292 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Martin Library | Adults 863 LAB Arts Literature (Text) | 33454005868468 | 2nd Floor | Available | - |
| Minersville Public Library | FIC LABA (Text) | 30978000372889 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Parkland Community Library | F LAB (Text) | 34422007242858 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Tamaqua Public Library | PB 863.7 LA (Text) | 30TPL001889565 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bethlehem Main Library | f (Text) | 33062009507907 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Easton Main Library | LABATUT (Text) | 31901004541480 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Hughes Library | F LAB (Text) | 32378005081486 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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