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!

Anna Ahlers

The Scientist and the Spy

Industrial espionage is a core issue in the conflict between the two most powerful nations of the world, the US and China. This Pulitzer price winning book illustrates the mostly inefficient fight of the FBI against the stealing of trade secrets.

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.

Katharina Kitzinger

Light In August

William Faulkner, fascinated by the nature of evil, wrote a dark story about a man who searches for his identity, kills his lover, and is pursued by a lynch mob. But where there is darkness there will be light.