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I loved the first half, but the second half I did not. He does not really grasp what imagination is and its playfulness and its requirements. It is not madness. It is a special lens one can see through. And it says more about Labatut than the subject he wrote about. But all and all, I have read this book a few times now and I am giving it five stars. I wish he would write one like it on Philosophers.
Feb 10, 2023
Bucket
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it was amazing
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Fantastic, through and through. I love the philosophical balance of science and speculation, of fact and fiction. Labatut starts with pure facts, and moves further and further into fiction, until the titular chapter in the book where the name, contribution to physics and rough biographical details are all that is true. He imagines the breakdowns and mind-altering states that it might have taken for these physicists and mathematicians to evolve their thought paradigms to something so clearly outs
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Oh my! Challenging the borders between fiction and nonfiction! Biographies of 20th century scientists (physicists and chemists), how their ideas emerged, their arguments and collaborations, some of the impacts of their discoveries. Such an interesting method of presenting a story.
Sep 11, 2020
Karen Michele Burns
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Mar 28, 2023
Katy
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