$30.52
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
19 December 2005
Summary
Visions of Time: Einstein’s Dreams
A modern classic, Einstein’s Dreams is a fictional collage of stories dreamed by Albert Einstein in 1905, while working in a patent office in Switzerland.
As the defiant but sensitive young genius creates 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.
- In another, time stands still, visited by love…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780335575 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1780335571 |
| Author: | Alan Lightman |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Corsair |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 19 December 2005 |
| Weight: | 130g |
| Dimensions: | 132mm x 197mm x 9mm |
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A magical, metaphysical realm…Captivating, enchanting, delightful - The New York Times
Endlessly fascinating. A beguiling inquiry into the not-at-all theoretical, utterly time-tangled, tragic and sublime nature of human life - The Boston Globe
Lightman is an artist who paints with the notion of time - Los Angeles Times
About The Author
Alan Lightman
Alan Lightman is a novelist, essayist, physicist, and educator. Currently, he is Adjunct Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is married to Jean Greenblatt Lightman, a painter, and has two daughters, Elyse and Kara.
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