Humanities in the Village, Baltimore Dec. 2, 2024
Join author Patchen Barss and Director of the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute at Johns Hopkins, William Egginton, for a conversation about black holes, impossible objects, and sources of creative inspiration. Bird in Hand Cafe and bookstore11 E 33rd St, Baltimore, MD 21218, United StatesDecember 2, 20246:00 p.m. More details here
A powerful new biography of Roger Penrose
Available November 12. In The Impossible Man: Roger Penrose and the Cost of Genius, Patchen Barss draws on years of research, interviews, and previously unpublished letters, journals, and other papers, to present a deeply moving, eye-opening portrait of Penrose the Nobel Prize-winning scientist and Roger the human being.
“Beautifully composed and revealing.”
Anjana Ahuja, Financial Times
“A notch above other ‘great minds’ biographies… a haunting portrait of a brilliant scientist unwilling to confront his personal shortcomings.”
Starred review, Publishers Weekly
“A stunning achievement.”
Kai Bird, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
“A new landmark of scientific biography.”
Ananyo Bhattacharya, author of The Man from the Future
“Charming and gripping, edifying and soulful”
Siobhan Roberts, author of Genius at Play, The Curious Mind of John Horton Conway
About Patchen Barss
Patchen Barss is a Toronto-based science journalist, speaker, and author.