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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!

Stefan Wippermann

Instantiation
11 short stories by Hugo Award winner Greg Egan together in one book: A must-read for science fiction fans!
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Sarah Auster

Sad Book
Although barely thematized in public and often pushed away: Sadness is a feeling which all of us know. Michael Rosen puts this feeling into words, beautifully and humorously illustrated by Quentin Blake.
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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.
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Carien Niessen

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Based on the lives of three women, Jung Chang tells the eventful history of China: From the grandmother who served as a concubine, through the communist mother to the daughter in today's China, it is a story full of suffering, violence and courage.
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