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Einstein's Dreams (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781400077809)
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Alan Lightman
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xNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A modern classic explores the connections between science and art, the process of creativity, and ultimately the fragility of human existence. "A magical, metaphysical realm ... Captivating, enchanting, delightful." --The New York Times
Einstein's Dreams is a fictional collage of stories dreamed by Albert Einstein in 1905, about time, relativity and physics. As the defiant but sensitive young genius is creating his theory of relativity, a new conception of time, he imagines many possible worlds. In one, time is circular, so that people are fated to repeat triumphs and failures over and over. In another, there is a place where time stands still, visited by lovers and parents clinging to their children. In another, time is a nightingale, sometimes trapped by a bell jar. Now translated into thirty languages, Einstein's Dreams has inspired playwrights, dancers, musicians, and painters all over the world. In poetic vignettes, it explores the connections between science and art, the process of creativity, and ultimately the fragility of human existence.
Author: Alan Lightman
ISBN-10: 140007780X
ISBN-13: 9781400077809
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 11/09/2004
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.50d
Review Citation(s):
Science 06/05/2009 pg. 1268
Einstein's Dreams is a fictional collage of stories dreamed by Albert Einstein in 1905, about time, relativity and physics. As the defiant but sensitive young genius is creating his theory of relativity, a new conception of time, he imagines many possible worlds. In one, time is circular, so that people are fated to repeat triumphs and failures over and over. In another, there is a place where time stands still, visited by lovers and parents clinging to their children. In another, time is a nightingale, sometimes trapped by a bell jar. Now translated into thirty languages, Einstein's Dreams has inspired playwrights, dancers, musicians, and painters all over the world. In poetic vignettes, it explores the connections between science and art, the process of creativity, and ultimately the fragility of human existence.
Author: Alan Lightman
ISBN-10: 140007780X
ISBN-13: 9781400077809
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 11/09/2004
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.50d
Review Citation(s):
Science 06/05/2009 pg. 1268
By Alan Lightman
xALAN LIGHTMAN is the author of seven novels, including the international best seller Einstein's Dreams and The Diagnosis, a finalist for the National Book Award. He has taught at Harvard and at MIT, where he was the first person to receive a dual faculty appointment in science and the humanities. He is the host of the public television series Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science. He is a professor of the practice of the humanities at MIT.
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