Let’s discuss “When We Cease to Understand the World” by Benjamin Labatut

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and a National Book Award. One of The NY Times 10 Best Books of 2021. Labatut uses the imaginative resources of fiction to tell the stories of the scientists and mathematicians who expanded our notions of the possible.

“One of the most beautiful books I've read all year, and one of the weirdest, too. Its subject seems to be scientific awe: the cosmic horror of seeing what lies at the center of the universe, and how very far such realities are from our small human ways of perceiving the world.” - Constance Grady, Vox

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Feel free to arrive 30 mins early for a drink at the table if you feel like it - and stay afterward to chat and connect with our crowd.

We ask that you at least start reading the book when you join us—and don’t stress if you didn’t finish; just brace yourself for spoilers. Our discussions? Lively, fun, and full of literary goodness. See you there!

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