Monday Begins on Saturday

Summary

The book "Monday Begins on Saturday" by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky tells the story of the adventures of programmer Alexander Ivanovich Privalov, who, while on vacation, visits the town of Solovets and accidentally becomes a wizard at the NIIChaVo — the Research Institute of Sorcery and Wizardry. The institute studies magic from a scientific perspective. Alexander Ivanovich works on developing a wish machine and is introduced to many aspects of the magical world. The main theme of the work is the question of whether magic can be explained rationally and how the application of scientific methods and technological progress can be integrated into a world where magic exists.