This remarkable work of fiction reimagines the lives of two of the most important and influential minds of our time: Kurt G]del, the greatest logician of many centuries; and Alan Turing, the extraordinary mathematician and breaker of the Enigma Code during World War II.
Written as a series of unsent letters to her mother, Janna Levin's book explains the workings of the universe as they engage both the mind and the heart.
HOW THE UNIVERSE GOT ITS SPOTS looks at how science is coming up sharp against the mind-boggling idea that the universe may be finite. Such a revelation would provide the ultimate twist to the Copernican revolution, for we would find out exactly where we are in the cosmos. Beautifully written in a colloquial style by a world authority, Janna Levin ...
Longplayer is a 1000-year musical composition that runs continuously and without repetition from its start on January 1, 2000 until its completion on December 31, 2999.
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