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terpretation (think Schrödinger’s cat), or the Big Bang theory. If you are not familiar with these concepts, you will probably need to pull up a quick Wikipedia introduction to fully understand the relevant passages. However, if you are generally interested in science and have already read a popular science book that touches on these topics, you might instead be relieved that Barrow keeps the introduction brief. reader participation (intellectual engagement only) to fully deliver. I have put it down several times, only to pick it up again the next time that I am on holiday or travelling. Luckily, the end of each chapter is equipped with a short summary to refresh your memory and allow you to carry on reading where you last stopped. If you, like me, want an introduction to broad ideas in physics, mathematics and philosophy to supplement how you think about science and its role in the world, then I think you would thoroughly enjoy this book. If you are looking for an in-depth treatment of any single topic, however, you would probably not be satisfied. For my level of prior knowledge, Impossibility has given me numerous new insights and enlightening perspectives on how to think about the impossible. I have realised that some commonly held ideas that feel intuitively reasonable by Johanna Salu are completely impossible on a closer look, yet other alien-sounding fantaImpossibility is not the kind of book sies may be closer to reality than we that one just cannot put down. It is a think. Which ones? Well, you’ll just fairly dense read and requires some have to read the book. Johanna Salu, Estonia Neural and Behavioural Sciences Master’s Program ‘16 Currently a GTC Master’s student in the Neural Information Processing lab of Prof. Dr. Felix Wichmann b Outside the lab Studying in Tübingen should not mean that you only sit inside attending lectures or researching. For a small town, there are a great number of options. Here are some suggestions: 1 – Head out with some friends to kareoke night on Mondays at the Schwarzer Schaf Location: Pfleghofstraße 10, Tübingen 2 – Get your dance on at salsa night on Thursdays at Asmara Location: Kirchgasse 5, Tübingen 3 – Enjoy the good summer weather with a bike ride to Schloß Lichtenstein by Sandra Käß Location: Schloß Lichtenstein 1, 72805, Lichtenstein, Germany 4 – Get your grub on at the African Restaurant Location: Schlachthausstraße 9, Tübingen 5 – Rent a Stocherkahn on the Nekar River and give ‘stochern’ a try yourself Location: Nekar River, Tübingen 6 – When in doubt about what to do, get a drink at a pub, any pub, but this is certainly obvious. by Gizem Altan 26 | NEUROMAG | July 2016