<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[author results for Labatut, Benjamin]]></title><description><![CDATA[author results for Labatut, Benjamin]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/skokielibrary/rss/search?query=Labatut%2C%20Benjamin&amp;searchType=author&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 03:17:01 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[When We Cease to Understand the World]]></title><description><![CDATA["A fictional examination of the lives of real-life scientists and thinkers whose discoveries resulted in moral consequences beyond their imagining. When We Cease to Understand the World is a book about the complicated links between scientific and mathematical discovery, madness, and destruction. Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrodinger: these are some of luminaries into whose troubled lives Labatut's book thrusts the reader, showing us how they grappled with the most profound questions of existence. They have strokes of unparalleled genius, alienate friends and lovers, descend into isolation and insanity. Some of their discoveries reshape human life to the better; others pave the way to chaos and unimaginable suffering. The lines are never clear. At a breakneck pace and with a wealth of disturbing detail, Benjamin Labatut uses the imaginative resources of fiction to tell the stories of scientists and mathematicians who expanded our notions of the possible"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3076060</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3076060</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Labatut, Benjamín]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3076060133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781681375663/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[La  Piedra de la locura]]></title><description><![CDATA[Una fascinante reflexión sobre el caos y la locura a partir de teorías científicas, expresiones literarias y experiencias personales. ¿Lo real está más allá de nuestro alcance? ¿La verdad y la locura son síntomas de la misma enfermedad? Labatut utiliza un cuadro del Bosco, el terror atávico de Lovecraft, la lógica radical de David Hilbert y la delirante iluminación que tuvo Philip K. Dick para hablar de la extraña textura que está adquiriendo la experiencia humana. Siguiendo los caminos de la sinrazón, indaga en el descubrimiento del caos para tratar de extirpar la piedra de la locura que nos crece como un bulbo en la frente, a medida que el mundo toma formas en las que ya no podemos creer. En estos dos ensayos, el autor nos recuerda que, a veces, volverse loco puede ser una respuesta adecuada a la realidad, y que el precio que pagamos por el conocimiento es la pérdida de la comprensión. «Labatut penetra el corazón de una realidad que pocos han visto antes que él, y que nadie ha descrito de esta manera» (Wolfram Eilenberger, autor de Tiempo de magos). «El prodigio de los escritos de Benjamín Labatut radica en su capacidad de acceder a dominios de enorme complejidad» (José Mário Silva, Expresso).]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3150030</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3150030</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[spa]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Labatut, Benjamín]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3150030133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle/><language>spa</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9788433904461/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[When We Cease to Understand the World]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of  The New York Times Book Review ’s “10 Best Books of 2021”   Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize   A fictional examination of the lives of real-life scientists and thinkers whose discoveries resulted in moral consequences beyond their imagining.    When We Cease to Understand the World  is a book about the complicated links between scientific and mathematical discovery, madness, and destruction.   Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger—these are some of luminaries into whose troubled lives Benjamín Labatut thrusts the reader, showing us how they grappled with the most profound questions of existence. They have strokes of unparalleled genius, alienate friends and lovers, descend into isolation and insanity. Some of their discoveries reshape human life for the better; others pave the way to chaos and unimaginable suffering. The lines are never clear.  At a breakneck pace and with a wealth of disturbing detail, Labatut uses the imaginative resources of fiction to tell the stories of the scientists and mathematicians who expanded our notions of the possible.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3138624</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3138624</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Labatut, Benjamin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3138624133</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781681375670/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maniac]]></title><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3346123</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3346123</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[spa]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Labatut, Benjamín]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3346123133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle/><language>spa</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9788433911001/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Maniac]]></title><description><![CDATA["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. A prodigy whose gifts terrified the people around him, John von Neumann transformed every field he touched, inventing game theory and the first programable computer, and pioneering AI, digital life, and cellular automata. Through a chorus of family members, friends, colleagues, and rivals, Labatut shows us the evolution of a mind unmatched and of a body of work that has unmoored the world in its wake."-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3280770</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3280770</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Labatut, Benjamín]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3280770133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593654477/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[When We Cease to Understand the World]]></title><description><![CDATA[When We Cease to Understand the World is a book about the complicated links between scientific and mathematical discovery, madness, and destruction. Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger-these are some of the luminaries into whose troubled lives Benjamín Labatut thrusts the listener, showing us how they grappled with the most profound questions of existence. They have strokes of unparalleled genius, alienate friends and lovers, descend into isolation and insanity. Some of their discoveries reshape human life for the better; others pave the way to chaos and unimaginable suffering. The lines are never clear. At a breakneck pace and with a wealth of disturbing detail, Labatut uses the imaginative resources of fiction to tell the stories of the scientists and mathematicians who expanded our notions of the possible.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3115552</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3115552</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Labatut, Benjamín]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3115552133</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781666527667/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>