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Alan Lightman
Alan Lightman, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences since 1996, is adjunct professor of humanities at MIT. He is the author of several books on science, including "Ancient Light: Our Changing View of the Universe" (1991) and "Origins: The Lives and Worlds of Modern Cosmologists"... show more

Alan Lightman, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences since 1996, is adjunct professor of humanities at MIT. He is the author of several books on science, including "Ancient Light: Our Changing View of the Universe" (1991) and "Origins: The Lives and Worlds of Modern Cosmologists" (with R. Brawer, 1990). His works of fiction include "Einstein's Dreams" (1993), "The Diagnosis" (2000), which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and, most recently, "Reunion" (2003).
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Birth date: November 01, 1948
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Murder by Death
Murder by Death rated it 7 years ago
Not quite what I thought it was going to be, but interesting and thought-provoking nonetheless. My expectations were more along the lines of a fictional re-creation of Einstein's musings concerning the physics of time as depicted through his daydreams. I was almost right. Instead, each entry ...
Reading For The Heck Of It
Reading For The Heck Of It rated it 7 years ago
I love science. I also love learning about scientific theories and the scientists who brought them to light. Initially, I thought Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman was a true account of how Einstein came up with his theory of time (relativity). Instead this collection contains fictionalized diary e...
Momster Bookworm
Momster Bookworm rated it 10 years ago
Despite its title, the book is not about the supernatural. Being written by a theoretical physicist, it dabbles more in quantum mechanics -- and even at that, not much, just a couple of experiments to determine if the event was imagined or conjured. In fact, there is only one or two lines about what...
Classic Maiden
Classic Maiden rated it 11 years ago
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Linhtalinhtinh
Linhtalinhtinh rated it 12 years ago
A small book and yet it contains so many big ideas. Simple writing and yet it takes time to fully digest.It somewhat reminds me of [b:Invisible Cities|9809|Invisible Cities|Italo Calvino|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1348058607s/9809.jpg|68476], b/c of its fantastic elements. But its to...
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