When we cease to understand the world
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Published:
New York : New York Review Books, [2021].
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
189 pages ; 22 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781681375663, 1681375664, 9781681375663
Notes
General Note
"First published in Spanish as Un verdor terrible by Anagrama. Translation first published in the United Kingdom by Pushkin Press in 2020"--Copyright page.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 189).
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.
Language
In English, translated from the Spanish.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Labatut, B., & West, A. N. (2021). When we cease to understand the world. New York Review Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Labatut, Benjamín, 1980- and Adrian Nathan West. 2021. When We Cease to Understand the World. New York Review Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Labatut, Benjamín, 1980- and Adrian Nathan West, When We Cease to Understand the World. New York Review Books, 2021.
MLA Citation (style guide)Labatut, Benjamín and Adrian Nathan West. When We Cease to Understand the World. New York Review Books, 2021.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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