
When We Cease to Understand the World
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Adam Barr
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 Schrödinger - these are some of the luminaries into whose troubled lives Benjamín Labatut thrusts the listener, 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 for 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, Labatut uses the imaginative resources of fiction to tell the stories of the scientists and mathematicians who expanded our notions of the possible.
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What I would have really appreciated would be integrating more scientists outside of quantum physics that helped further the understanding of astronomy, chemistry, geology, and computer science but with similar ties between them. And feature more than a select few of German scientists. I understand that was the hotbed of quantum theory, but he could have broaden his list of included scientists to show just how radical the few really were.
Overall, it was a fantastic but limited perspective. Yet I will likely listen to it again in the future for another impression.
A new insight into mad genius
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Quantum Physics for Poets
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Titillating
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Fascinating content
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Intriguing
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Spell-binding content
Shows how paradoxical beginnings can
How unexpected these events are, that shaped the foundation of our belief today
The epilogue wasn’t that useful, IMO
One of the best ever
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Could have done without the Shrodinger pedo porn
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It’s the best in a while
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Realistic fiction
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Strange book
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