{"product_id":"strange-attractors-rebecca-goldstein-9780140172461","title":"Strange Attractors: Stories","description":"A National Jewish Honor Book composed of seven short stories from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mind-Body Problem\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A mathematician studies the geometry of soap bubbles and responds to the rapture of infatuation by reciting Shakespeare in Yiddish. A group of Olympian intellects is made childlike by the appearance of a double rainbow. Becky Sharp steps out of the pages of \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e to confound a pretentious philosopher. These are just some of the marvelous and unlikely things that happen in \u003ci\u003eStrange Attractors\u003c\/i\u003e--a collection of stories that explores the interactions of thought and feeling, mind and heart, to reveal the deep, mysterious ties between seemingly unrelated lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A wonderful collection . . . A picture of remarkable depth and complexity.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Electric and compelling . . . Rebecca Goldstein brings a keen and specially informed vision to our world.\"--\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Rebecca Goldstein again probes the relationships between female intellect and emotion--this time in a sparkling, erudite collection in which brilliant women's minds dictate their romantic attachments while their gender continues to dictate their fate.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rebecca Goldstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0140172467\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140172461\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.32w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e64223 \/ Strange Attractors\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rebecca Goldstein","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46250432889087,"sku":"9780140172461","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4d2277b4-7f13-4dc9-aa69-81eade5fe73d.jpg?v=1729600305","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/strange-attractors-rebecca-goldstein-9780140172461","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}