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Rebecca Goldstein's novel follows Renee Feuer, who is unhappy in her marriage to a mathematical genius and struggles to reconcile the demands of her intellect with those of her body. Its description calls it a sexy and darkly funny story about the life of the mind.
Steven Pinker, a Harvard psychology professor, said he liked it so much that he married the novelist. Patrick Collison lists it on his bookshelf.
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On Patrick Collison’s Bookshelf - Patrick Collison
Steven Pinker (Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, author)
A philosopher grapples with this problem in her doctoral thesis and in her life. I liked it so much, I married the novelist.
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