When we cease to understand the world / Benjamín Labatut ; translated from the Spanish by Adrian Nathan West.
| Author/creator | Labatut, Benjamín, 1980- author. |
| Other author | West, Adrian Nathan translator. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : NYRB, New York Review Books, [2020] |
| Description | 189 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Verdor terrible. English |
| Contents | Prussian blue -- Schwarzschild's singularity -- The heart of the heart -- When we cease to understand the world -- The night gardener. |
| Abstract | "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 | Translated from the Spanish. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Labatut, Benjamín, 1980- When we cease to understand the world New York : New York Review Books, [2021] 9781681375670 |
| Genre/form | Short stories. |
| Genre/form | Biographical fiction. |
| Genre/form | Fiction. |
| Genre/form | Short stories. |
| Genre/form | Translations. |
| Genre/form | Short stories. |
| Genre/form | Biographical fiction. |
| LCCN | 2021005101 |
| ISBN | 9781681375663 paperback |
| ISBN | 1681375664 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PQ8098.422 .A215 V4713 2020 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |