This review by @jenszalai of The Impossible Man in today’s @nytimes captures so much of what I hoped to accomplish with this book. I am humbled. @BasicBooks

"We continue casting ourselves in the theater of rationality, only to find ourselves bewildered again and again by our own nature," writes Maria Popova in @themarginalian. I simultaneously embrace and resist this idea, which is maybe part of the point?

RT @Ananyo: Whenever I have pressed the case that John von Neumann should be considered the father of the modern stored-program computer ie…

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Read the full list here. So many great recommendations.

The Impossible Man noted in the @NewYorker. @AtlanticBooks @BasicBooks

Thank you for voicing it, Jonathan! @NarratorSpy

RT @BasicBooks: THE IMPOSSIBLE MAN by @PatchenBarss has made an astounding impression on reviewers! This book depicts the dazzling and pain…

Proud to have made the @FT Best Books of 2024 list. @AtlanticBooks @BasicBooks

Here’s a short essay in @NautilusMag about some things I learned while writing The Impossible Man. Spoiler alert: work and play can be indistinguishable; reality can be unexpectedly simple; and there’s always one more question. @BasicBooks @AtlanticBooks

I’m honoured the @globeandmail included The Impossible Man in their top 100 books of 2024, alongside so many fabulous authors. @BasicBooks @AtlanticBooks

Pleased that The Impossible Man is one of the @nytimes recommended new books this week.

RT @BasicBooks: THE IMPOSSIBLE MAN receives a wonderful review from the @nytimes! They call @PatchenBarss' new book "a moving and intimate…

An excerpt from The Impossible Man about Roger Penrose’s discovery of M. C. Escher, the geometric language they shared, and the inspiration for the Penrose Triangle. Published by @FirstPrincip1es.

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It’s UK publication day for The Impossible Man. (The UK cover features an “impossible triangle” – I love it as much as the US/Canadian edition). @atlanticbooks