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!

Christiane Brosius

The Nutmeg's Curse- Parables for a Planet in Crisis

What do nutmeg, colonialism and the climate crisis have to do with each other? A lot, because the nutmeg symbolizes the colonial development of trade routes, a geopolitical strategy of the west. in this important work, amitav ghosh explains how this ultimately led to the exploitation of nature.

Harald Baum

In Search Of Lost Time

Does life have a meaning? What are the dimensions of time? In Marcel Proust's acclaimed novel, the narrator reminisces about his childhood and reflects on growing up in the french nobility on the threshold of the 20th century. An overwhelming work (not only in terms of length).

Peter Fratzl

The Man Without Qualities

Vienna, 1913. Ulrich, a man without qualities, finds himself between the nobility's desperate attempt to celebrate the Austrian Empire and the increasingly violent rebellions of the Viennese population. This feeling of being thrown into world affairs is masterfully described by Robert Musil.