"A story centered around one of the great geniuses of the modern age, the Hungarian polymath John von Neumann, tracing the uncanny circuit of his mind deep into our own time's most haunting dilemmas"-- Provided by publisher
Benjamín Labatut Libri
Benjamin Labatut si addentra nei suoi scritti nei regni affascinanti e spesso inquietanti della scienza e della comprensione umana. Le sue opere esplorano i territori oscuri e inesplorati della scoperta scientifica, dove il genio incontra la follia e i confini della realtà si offuscano. Labatut possiede uno stile distintivo che fonde resoconti fattuali con un'atmosfera evocativa, quasi horror, attirando i lettori in narrazioni avvincenti sulla ricerca della conoscenza. La sua scrittura offre una coraggiosa riflessione sulla natura della scoperta e le sue profonde implicazioni per l'umanità.




When We Cease to Understand the World shows us great minds striking out into dangerous, uncharted terrain. Fritz 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. With 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. -- From publisher's website
In seinem neuen Roman "MANIAC" stellt Bestsellerautor Benjamín Labatut die Fragen zur zukünftigen Rolle der KI in unserer Gesellschaft. Er verknüpft das Schicksal von John von Neumann, einem Pionier der KI, mit Paul Ehrenfest, einem Physiker, und thematisiert den Wettkampf zwischen Mensch und Maschine im Go-Spiel.