Without language, we would lack the framework to think. Myth and literature are like that, in that they allow us to discuss ideas that we do not yet understand enough to explore at a more scientific (or even philosophical) level. [paraphrase of #BenjaminLabatut, author of #TheMANIAC and #WhenWeCeaseToUnderstandTheWorld]
https://pca.st/c7axglq1

Premio Municipal de Literatura de Santiago 2024: conoce las 27 obras finalistas | vía #UChileRadio

https://radio.uchile.cl/2024/09/05/premio-municipal-de-literatura-de-santiago-2024-conoce-las-27-obras-finalistas/

#benjaminlabatut #camilobrodsky #danielacatrileo #diamelaeltit #premiomunicipaldeliteraturadesantiago2024

‘People say my book gave them a panic attack’: When We Cease to Understand the World author Benjamín Labatut

https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/jul/13/people-say-my-book-gave-them-a-panic-attack-when-we-cease-to-understand-the-world-author-benjamin-labatut

#benjaminlabatut
#science

Con tres libros chilenos y Bolaño en el top 10: The New York Times ranquea los 100 mejores libros de lo que va del siglo XXI | #UChileRadio

https://radio.uchile.cl/2024/07/13/con-tres-libros-chilenos-y-bolano-en-el-top-10-the-new-york-times-ranquea-los-100-mejores-libros-de-lo-que-va-del-siglo-xxi/

#100mejoreslibrosdelsigloxxi #benjaminlabatut #literatura #losdetectivessalvajes #nyt #robertobolaño #t2666 #thenewyotktimes #unverdorterrible

Listening to novel The MANIAC (2023) - Benjamín Labatut

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_MANIAC

#TheMANIAC #BenjaminLabatut #Novel #Chile #JohnVonNeumann #PaulEhrenfest #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LeeSedol #Go #GoGame #AlphaGo

"Das Literarische Quartett" mit Nele Pollatschek, Jagoda Marinić und Philipp Tingler https://www.lesering.de/id/4912804/Das-literarische-Quartett-mit-Nele-Pollatschek-Jagoda-Marinic-und-Philipp-Tingler/ #DasLiterarischeQuartett #BenjamínLabatut #NelePollatschek #PhilippTingler #JagodaMarinić #RadioSarajevo #DursGrünbein #ZadieSmith #TijanSila #DerKomet #TheaDorn #Maniac #Betrug #TV #TV

Washington Post: The 10 Best Books of 2023

#TaniaJames / #BenjaminLabatut / #JamesMcBride / #SafiyaSinclair

https://www.yearendlists.com/2023/washington-post-the-10-best-books-of-2023

Benjamín Labatut’s new novel “The Maniac” connects the scientific research around the atomic bomb to today’s technological revolution in a brilliant and poetic way. In his own words, it’s “a work of fiction based on fact”. Definitely recommended.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/171807963

#BenjaminLabatut #TheManiac #AmReading #Bookstodon #HistoricalFiction

"Am Morgen des 25. September 1933 betrat der österreichische Physiker Paul Ehrenfest in Amsterdam die Einrichtung für behinderte Kinder des Pädagogen Professor Jan Waterink,schoss seinem fünfzehnjährigen Sohn Wassily in den Kopf und richtete anschließend die Waffe gegen sich selbst."
#Maniac #BenjaminLabatut #ersteSaetze #literatur #lesen

A very interesting interview with writer #BenjaminLabatut by #LouisianaChannel – I’m really looking forward to reading The Maniac (his theory-fiction on John von Neumann)

https://youtu.be/E-OFnHwuTBg

this book is blowing my mind. also, very pro-maths. #benjaminlabatut

I’m reading #BenjamínLabatut ’s #WhenWeCeaseToUnderstandTheWorld, and the #AlexanderGrothendieck chapter reads like an old Dos Equis ad where he’s the most interesting man in the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Grothendieck

Benjamin Labatut: Das Blinde Licht

What an excellent book! Told in several smaller interwoven stories it follows the people around important scientific events in the 20th century. A fascinating blend of history and what if.

#BenjaminLabatut #BookStack #ReadingList