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A Short History of Night charts the strange origins of contemporary science through two of the Renaissance's most unusual figures-mercurial, ambitious Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe and meticulous, idealistic geometrician and Christian mystic Johannes Kepler.
As religious wars and witch hunts rage outside the castle walls, an unlikely band of alchemists and astrologers vie to unlock the secrets of the cosmos. Based loosely on the life of sixteenth-century...
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Kate possesses the makings of a gifted mathematician with an enthusiasm for exploring the mysteries of space and time. But, this is the 1950s and women are routinely laughed out of scientific circles. Besides, every family has its star, and Kate's brother already holds that distinction. Hindered by prejudices against women, Kate is, confined to a life of unfulfilling jobs, leading her to become bitter and unhappy. The Little Years confronts the impact...
3) Half Life
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Two nursing home residents, both in their eighties, meet and fall in love, rekindling what might have, been a wartime romance.
Had they previously met somewhere else, under different circumstances? Why is their love so troubling for their children? Indeed, the light at dusk is sometimes, warmer and more enveloping than that of the midday sun. Characters navigate between being and appearance, between cowardice and dissoluteness. The award-winning...
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