Beyond

If you want to get to know the scientists behind the work even better, this is just the right place for you. In this section of Beyond, the researchers present books which have impacted their lives and their ways of thinking in meaningful ways. The books presented range from novels, to memoirs, to science books of all sorts. You can filter the books by genre or just scroll through the list. This is also a great way to get inspiration for your own reading!

Elena Dubovitskaya

The Master and Margarita

Set in two cities, Moscow and Jerusalem, The Master and the Margarita is a devastating yet funny satire about the soviet union, a manifest for artistic freedom and a literary streak of light on the horizon for russians all over the world.

Megha Amrith

Beloved

The story about the trauma of former slave Sethe who lost her baby shows how the experiences of slavery continue to traumatize generations, long after it has been believed to have been overcome. A classic of American literature, heartbreaking and masterly written.

Diego Alburez-Gutierrez

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, Gabriel Garcia Marquez has written a masterpiece: The colorful and epic saga about the Columbian Buendía family and the city they built, Macondo.

Stephan Lauermann

Ronja, the robbers daughter

Some books are written for children, some for adults but Astrid Lindgren wrote books for every generation. Ronja, the robbers daughter is one of her masterpieces.