$32.22
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
20 December 2005
Summary
A modern classic, Einstein’s Dreams is a fictional collage of stories dreamed by Albert Einstein in 1905, when he worked in a patent office in Switzerland. 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 t…
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: | 20 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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