The world's greatest physicist, Johann Wilhelm Mobius, is in a madhouse, haunted by recurring visions of King Solomon. He is kept company by two other equally deluded scientists: one who thinks he is Einstein, another who believes he is Newton. It soon becomes evident, however, that these three are not as harmlessly lunatic as they appear. Are they, in fact, really mad? Or are they playing some murderous game, with the world as the stake? For Mobius has uncovered the mystery of the universe--and therefore the key to its ...
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The world's greatest physicist, Johann Wilhelm Mobius, is in a madhouse, haunted by recurring visions of King Solomon. He is kept company by two other equally deluded scientists: one who thinks he is Einstein, another who believes he is Newton. It soon becomes evident, however, that these three are not as harmlessly lunatic as they appear. Are they, in fact, really mad? Or are they playing some murderous game, with the world as the stake? For Mobius has uncovered the mystery of the universe--and therefore the key to its destruction--and Einstein and Newton are vying for this secret that would enable them to rule the earth.
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Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-1990) was one of the two leading Swiss writers of the twentieth century, the other being his contemporary Max Frisch (1911-1991). Highly popular in the German-speaking world where his plays often drew crowds, I was fortunate to see two of his best-known plays staged in Hamburg - Der Besuch der alten Dame (The Visit) and Die Physiker (The Physicists).
As a theatrical production, The Physicists was more popular at the height of the Cold War than it is today, but the book is a permanent reminder of the threat of nuclear weapons and the negative side of the advancement of science and technology. Dürrenmatt's concerns are as valid today as they were when he wrote this powerful play in 1961.
