When We Cease to Understand the World


When We Cease to Understand the World cover
Cover courtesy of Open Library.

Log line: A book that challenges our understanding of the world and a book.

About the author: Benjamin Labatut wrote the book originally in Spanish, titled ‘Un verdor terrible’. It was translated by Adrian N. West into English.

Thoughts:

  • This book is a fictional retelling of historical scientists living on the cutting-edge of knowledge. The biographies are easier to digest if we imagine the stories set in a imaginary world, but shares uncanny similarities with reality.