The Maniac by Benjamín Labatut Summary
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Labatut's "The MANIAC" explores scientific genius through John von Neumann's life, blending fact and fiction in a darkly mesmerizing narrative. Critics compare it to Borges - what happens when brilliant minds push reason to its limits? The book that made us question AI's future.
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When Mathematics Breaks the Mind
What does it mean to see too clearly? In 1933, Paul Ehrenfest-once called the "Conscience of Physics" by Einstein himself-walked into a waiting room in Amsterdam with a gun. He shot his son Vassily, who had Down syndrome, then turned the weapon on himself. His suicide note revealed a mind fractured not just by personal despair but by something more unsettling: he could no longer understand his own field. As quantum mechanics transformed physics into abstract mathematical symbols, Ehrenfest felt himself drowning in incomprehension. "It is inhuman," he wrote to Niels Bohr, describing physics journals as "truly diabolic machines." Here was a man who helped birth modern physics, now alienated from his own creation-a Prometheus consumed by the fire he stole. Ehrenfest's final obsession was the Pythagorean concept of the irrational-mathematical proof that some quantities defy neat categorization. Think about 2, which ancient Greeks discovered couldn't be expressed as a simple fraction. This discovery so disturbed them that legend claims they drowned the mathematician who proved it. Ehrenfest saw in this ancient crisis a mirror of his own: perhaps nature itself contains elements that cannot be ordered, truths that resist human comprehension. His brief manic period, where he believed he'd solved turbulence-that chaotic phenomenon where fluids break into unpredictable swirls-proved cruelly false. The universe had shown him its irrational face, and he couldn't bear to look away or continue looking.
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"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
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"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
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