{"product_id":"when-we-cease-to-understand-the-world","title":"When we cease to understand the world","description":"SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE\n\nA GUARDIAN FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR\n\n'A monstrous and brilliant book' Philip Pullman\n\n'Wholly mesmerising and revelatory... Completely fascinating' William Boyd\n\nSometimes discovery brings destruction\n\nWhen We Cease to Understand the World shows us great minds striking out into dangerous, uncharted terrain.\n\nFritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger: these are among the luminaries into whose troubled minds we are thrust as they grapple with the most profound questions of existence. They have strokes of unparalleled genius, they alienate friends and lovers, they descend into isolated states of madness. Some of their discoveries revolutionise our world for the better; others pave the way to chaos and unimaginable suffering. The lines are never clear.\n\nWith breakneck pace and wondrous detail, Benjamín Labatut uses the imaginative resources of fiction to break open the stories of scientists and mathematicians who expanded our notions of the possible.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1782276149\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1782276149.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Labatut, Benjamin\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43667207979069,"sku":"BVV.1782276149.A","price":7.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1782276149-0.jpg?v=1790024541","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/when-we-cease-to-understand-the-world","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}