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!

Monika Betzler

Disgrace

J. M. Coetzee's novel has all the themes and emotions to make it memorable: A complex father-daughter relationship, a mid-life professor facing "Me-too" -allegations, and a South Africa at the end of apartheid.

Josef Drexl

Mr. Muo's Travelling Couch

Psychoanalysis according to freud made waves in europe. Now, after his return from exile in france, psychoanalyst muo is trying to establish this in china as well - in vain. An entertaining culture shock from the author of "Balzac" and "The Little Chinese Seamstress".

Claudia Tiersch

The Museum of Innocence

In the masterfully written romance novel by Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk, Kemal, son of one of the richest families in Istanbul, falls in love with the saleswoman Fusun. He begins to collect objects that, on the one hand, reflect his obsession with Fusun and, on the other hand, depict Istanbul between tradition and modernity.

Michael Saliba

The Prophet

Love, peace and happiness: We all know the mantra of the hippie movement. If you want to know what it is based on, you should read "The Prophet", published in 1920, and embark on a spiritual journey through mysticism, religion and philosophy.