Rachel Baack
Summary: In five stories the author refers to as “work[s] of fiction based on real events,” readers are introduced to several world-renowned scientists, most of whom lived and worked during the time of the World Wars. What the author imagines for his readers are the inner thoughts, and at times, dialogue and select events in these individuals’ lives, all of which reveal the dangers—whether physical, social, emotional, or existential—associated with scientific discovery and absorption in it.
Summary: In five stories the author refers to as “work[s] of fiction based on real events,” readers are introduced to several world-renowned scientists, most of whom lived and worked during the time of the World Wars. What the author imagines for his readers are the inner thoughts, and at times, dialogue and select events in these individuals’ lives, all of which reveal the dangers—whether physical, social, emotional, or existential—associated with scientific discovery and absorption in it.