Einsteins drömmar
by:
Alan Lightman (author)
Jan Wahlén (author)
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9789176431542 (9176431541)
Publish date: August 1995
Publisher: Månpocket
Pages no: 143
Edition language: Swedish
Category:
Fantasy,
Novels,
Science Fiction,
Science,
Physics,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Contemporary,
Time Travel,
Magical Realism,
Short Stories
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 ...
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...
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...
I had an awful Physics teacher at University, but one thing he was good at was getting the class to understand Einstein's Theory of Relativity, which has always fascinated me.This book was brilliant. Imagine a world where time is a circle.Or a world where cause and effect are erratic. Or a world whe...
To heavy for right now: or I'm too dense for it right now.