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When We Cease to Understand the World

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Albert Einstein opens a letter sent to him from the Eastern Front of World War I. Inside, he finds the first exact solution to the equations of general relativity, unaware that it contains a monster that could destroy his life's work.

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When We Cease to Understand the World, Benjamín Labatut

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2020
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Language
English
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Released
2020
Format
Hardcover
Pages
192
ISBN10
1782276122
ISBN13
9781782276128
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First published
2020
Original title
Un verdor terrible
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Albert Einstein opens a letter sent to him from the Eastern Front of World War I. Inside, he finds the first exact solution to the equations of general relativity, unaware that it contains a monster that could destroy his life's work.