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THE RIGOR OF ANGELS: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality
Author: William Egginton
Publisher: Pantheon
Pages: 338
Price: $30
Chances are, if you have ever heard the story of Solomon Shereshevsky, you haven’t forgotten it. Shereshevsky’s powers of memory were so remarkable that in 1929 he gave up his job as a journalist in Moscow and joined the circus. He could recite lists of numbers, poems in foreign languages, even strings of random syllables that were called out to him from the audience. His world was abundant in particulars, brimming with imagery and sensations. When asked to share his understanding
