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Mentioned in 15 episodes

When We Cease to Understand the World

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Book • 2021

Author

Benjamín Labatut

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Mentioned in 15 episodes

Mentioned by

Coco Krumme

as a book that miraculously blends fiction and nonfiction, exploring the origins of ideas.

298 snips

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Recommended by

Derek Thompson

as a book that fills him with curiosity about scientific discovery.

175 snips

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Has a line about writing, that it's less like creating something, more like picking up flowers off the ground.

157 snips

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Recommended by

Hannah Fry

as capturing the exhilaration of being at the brink of new knowledge.

133 snips

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Recommended by

Coco Krumme

as a blend of fiction and nonfiction about mathematicians and philosophers.

84 snips

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Mentioned by

Jim O’Shaughnessy

, who kept going back to the book while preparing for the conversation with

Sam Arbesman

44 snips

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Recommended by

Patrick McGee

as one of the two best books he has read in the last five years.

42 snips

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Tina He

, reflecting on obsession and its consequences.

37 snips

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Recommended by

Charlie Wood

as a fictional account of famous figures in science, including Heisenberg's breakthrough in quantum mechanics.

29 snips

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Mentioned by

Tim Sullivan

as a book that starts straightforward and becomes more fictional.

13 snips

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Recommended by Rachel Dobbs for its comprehensibility of complex physics concepts and exploration of scientists' motivations.

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Recommended by

Jeff Currie

as apropos to the current environment, exploring the lives of German scientists in the 30s and 40s.

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Mentioned by

Danny Crichton

in relation to the evolution of scientific collaboration from individual efforts to large teams.

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Mentioned as Benjamin Labatut's first book published in the UK, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2020.

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Mentioned by

Constance Grady

as a book exploring the impact of new scientific ideas and the struggle of scientists.

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Recommended by Gia Tolentino as a book about scientific discoveries that bring people to the brink of madness.

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Jia Tolentino

; a book about scientific discoveries that bring people to the brink of madness.

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Jon Hyman

as a fictionalized narrative about scientists and their discoveries.

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