pbA iNew York Times iEditors' Pick and iParis Reviewi Staff Pickb pbA wonderful book. --Patti Smith pI was riveted. Olsson is evocative on curiosity as an appetite of the mind, on the pleasure of glutting oneself on knowledge. --Parul Sehgal, iThe New York TimesibbrbbrAn eloquent blend of memoir and biography exploring the Weil siblings, math, and creative inspirationb pKaren Olsson's stirring and unusual third book, iThe Weil Conjecturesi, tells the story of the brilliant Weil siblings--Simone, a philosopher, mystic, and social activist, and Andr , an influential mathematician--while also recalling the years Olsson spent studying math. As she delves into the lives of these two singular French thinkers, she grapples with their intellectual obsessions and rekindles one of her own. For Olsson, as a math major in college and a writer now, it's the odd detours that lead to discovery, to moments of insight. Thus iThe Weil Conjecturesi--an elegant blend of biography and memoir and a meditati