
Brave Genius
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In the spring of 1940, the aspiring but unknown writer Albert Camus and budding scientist Jacques Monod were quietly pursuing ordinary, separate lives in Paris. After the German invasion and occupation of France, each joined the Resistance to help liberate the country from the Nazis and ascended to prominent, dangerous roles. After the war and through twists of circumstance, they became friends, and through their passionate determination and rare talent they emerged as leading voices of modern literature and biology, each receiving the Nobel Prize in their respective fields.
Drawing upon a wealth of previously unpublished and unknown material gathered over several years of research, Brave Genius tells the story of how each man endured the most terrible episode of the twentieth century and then blossomed into extraordinarily creative and engaged individuals. It is a story of the transformation of ordinary lives into exceptional lives by extraordinary events--of courage in the face of overwhelming adversity, the flowering of creative genius, deep friendship, and of profound concern for and insight into the human condition.
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- Intro
- Other Books by This Author
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prologue: Chance, Necessity, and Genius
- I. The Fall
- Chapter 1: City of Light
- Chapter 2: Plans
- Chapter 3: Misadventures in Norway
- Chapter 4: Springtime for Hitler
- Chapter 5: Defeated and Divided
- II. The Long Road to Freedom
- Chapter 6: Regrouping
- Chapter 7: Ill Winds
- Chapter 8: An Hour of Hope
- Chapter 9: Waiting and Working
- Chapter 10: The Terror Begins
- Chapter 11: The Plague
- Chapter 12: Brothers in Arms
- Chapter 13: Double Lives
- Chapter 14: Preparations
- Chapter 15: Normandy
- Chapter 16: Les Jours de Gloire
- III. Secrets of Life
- Chapter 17: The Talk of the Nation
- Chapter 18: Secrets of Life
- Chapter 19: Bourgeois Genetics
- Chapter 20: On the Same Path
- Chapter 21: A New Beginning
- Chapter 22: Rebels with a Cause
- Chapter 23: Taking Sides
- Chapter 24: The Attic
- IV. Nobel Thoughts and Noble Deeds
- Chapter 25: The Blood of the Hungarians
- Chapter 26: Repression and Reaction
- Chapter 27: A Voice of Reason
- Chapter 28: The Logic of Life
- Chapter 29: Making Connections
- Chapter 30: The Possible and the Actual
- Chapter 31: Unfinished
- Chapter 32: Messengers
- Chapter 33: Synthesis
- Epilogue: French Lessons
- Chapter 34: Camus in a Lab Coat
- Chapter 35: Chance and Necessity: Sisyphus Returns
- Appendix: The Science
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Permissions
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