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Skip to main content Accessibility help Accessibility feedback AI Mode All Shopping Images Videos Forums Short videos More Tools Search Results When We Cease to Understand the World Book by Benjamín Labatut When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut is a "nonfiction novel" that blends history, science, and fiction to explore the lives of scientists and mathematicians whose discoveries led to world-altering, often dark, consequences, such as the atomic bomb. The book examines the link between genius, madness, and destruction through figures like Heisenberg, Schrödinger, and Grothendieck, using a creative and accessible style to make complex topics like quantum mechanics gripping and chilling. It was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2021.  Key aspects of the book: Genre: A blend of history, biography, and fiction, often called a "nonfiction novel".  Subject: The lives and minds of scientists and mathematicians who grappled with the fundamental nature of re

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