Beloved

Toni Morrison

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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One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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.

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Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

Sheryl Sandberg

Lean in is not only the title of Sheryl Sandberg's bestseller on women and leadership, but has also become a slogan of empowerment for women who seek the same opportunities as their male colleagues.

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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!

Christoph Engel

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Two systems compete in our minds: Number one is fast and emotional, number two slower and more logical. The all time bestseller "Thinking Fast and Slow" by Psychologist Daniel Kahneman explains how these systems work in an intriguing way.

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Christian Liebscher

Der Teil und das Ganze

Playing a key role in discovering quantum physics, Werner Heisenberg is one of the greatest minds of the 20th century. In this book, Heisenberg depicts his revolutional findings in the field of physics that profoundly changed the way we see our world.

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Miriam Liedvogel

She has her mothers laugh

What is heredity? Are we only made up by the genes passed from our parents? Columnist Carl Zimmer uses biomedical scientific insights as well as personal experiences to answers questions that were first posed by Charles Darwin, but never answered by him.

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Olivier N. Lemaire

Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History

A fascinating story about the 530 million years old Burgess Shale, ancient sea that remained untouched by external influences: Home to strange creatures, this hidden corner is the perfect place for studying evolution.

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Beloved

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead