When We Cease to Understand the World

When We Cease to Understand the World

2020 • 192 pages

Ratings73

Average rating4.1

15

This is darker than I thought it would be. The book started very strong but when we get to the chapter named ‘When we cease to understand the world' the semi-biographies fizzled out as methodical and the same formulaic all over. These parts also annoyed me because the author acknowledged that the % of fiction progresses as we get more into the book so IDK if he had made up the existential crisis and having sex with anybody and having erotic dreams about random people common for many of the quantum mechanics pioneers
I was also not satisfied that he didn't mention any of the female scientists associated with ww1 and ww2 eras.
Now if I consider all of these opinions then I have to say that other than the unsavoury part in the middle it was very interesting. Although I am not a fan of fast-paced work the transition was smooth so I will not consider this as folly.
3.5 stars out of 5, I thought I would like it much more than this

October 22, 2022