When We Cease to Understand the World

[mathgenius]

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/10/when-we-cease-to-understand-the-world-by-benjamin-labatut-review-the-dark-side-of-science

[throwaway81523]

That book has some very nice writing, but enough historical mistakes that it becomes less a work of interpreting real-world events than one of rewriting the real world to fit a narrative.

[creer → throwaway81523]

And what total chaos of a review! The title seemed interesting but the review put a quick stop to that.