A review by stargazerbibi
The MANIAC by Benjamín Labatut

5.0

it grabbed my attention more than 99.9% of things i have read, academically or otherwise. it touched on so many thought-provoking topics, but also allowed to look at scientific progress and technology from a perspective that isn't often explored in day to day life (not even when coming into direct contact with these very discoveries for education). the writing was phenomenal, too. not even youtube could compete with the enjoyment i got from this book.
reminded me of the movie Oppenheimer (even before that) and loved the "documentary" vibes.