[lilytweed]

For any readers who liked this essay, check out Benjamin Labatut’s fantastic novel “When We Cease to Understand the World,” about scientists and mathematicians who were more or less driven mad by their discoveries. The history of modern warfare and dual use technologies is a big part of the book.

[trevyn]

Sorry, this is fiction about real-life scientists being driven mad, when in fact the real-life scientists in question were not driven mad?