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The Physicists
Friedrich Durrenmatt
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The scene is a madhouse and the focus is on three inmates who are nuclear physicists. One thinks he is Newton and another, Einstein. The third has visitations from Solomon. They appear to be nice, likeable lunatics, but nothing is as simple as it seems. Are they really mad? Or are they playing some murderous game with the world as the stake? Who is earnest and who is the spy? Gradually we learn that each has been led down the path to moral destruction, past the signposts of truth, the purity of science, and personal responsibility. The asylum to which ... Read more
The scene is a madhouse and the focus is on three inmates who are nuclear physicists. One thinks he is Newton and another, Einstein. The third has visitations from Solomon. They appear to be nice, likeable lunatics, but nothing is as simple as it seems. Are they really mad? Or are they playing some murderous game with the world as the stake? Who is earnest and who is the spy? Gradually we learn that each has been led down the path to moral destruction, past the signposts of truth, the purity of science, and personal responsibility. The asylum to which ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Samuel French Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780573013409
SKU
V9780573013409
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Ref
99-2
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