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Janna Levin
A madman dreams of Turing machines
A physicist obsessed with Kurt Godel and Alan Turing, two brilliant but troubled mathematicians, weaves their parallel stories together. She explores their devotion to abstract truth and their inability to navigate their own lives, leading to their tragic demises. This novel blends luminous imagination with richly evoked historical character and event, examining genius, madness, and the pursuit of truth.