Alan lightman has 40 books on goodreads with 105596 ratings. Einsteins dreams is a 1992 novel by alan lightman that was an international bestseller and has been translated into thirty languages. Dreams, a memoir, three collections of essays and several books on. The novel fictionalizes albert einstein as a young scientist who is troubled by dreams as he works on his theory of relativity in 1905. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and. The diagnosis, which was a finalist for the 2000 national book award.
Einsteins dreams, alan lightman einsteins dreams is a 1992 novel by alan lightman that was an international bestseller and has been translated into thirty languages. Einsteins dreams by alan lightman, paperback barnes. Author and theoretical physicist alan lightman offers a collection of. His novels include einsteins dreams, which was a new york times and international bestseller. About alan lightman mit comparative media studieswriting. Alan lightman is the author of six novels, including einsteins dreams, which was an international bestseller, and the diagnosis, which was a finalist for the national book award. Einsteins dreams was an international bestseller and the diagnosis was a finalist for the 2000 national book award in fiction. Time is still a mystery to einsteins dreams author.
The novel has been used in numerous colleges and universities, in many cases for. For a description of each book, click on its title. Lightman has served on the faculties of harvard university and of the massachusetts institute of technology, where he is currently an adjunct professor of humanities. Albert einstein, in one of the many remarks that have endeared him to writers seeking epigrams, said that. He is also the author of three collections of essays and several books on science. Alan is a nice guy, said cosmologist janna levin, who teaches einstein s dreams in her classes at barnard and columbia. Einsteins dreams alan lightman read online free books. Einsteins dreams was also the march 1998 selection for national public radios talk of the nation book club. A kiss is just a kiss of immediacy the new york times. Lightman grew up in memphis, the son of a movietheater. Time is still a mystery to einsteins dreams author the new york. Einsteins dreams is a favorite among all the books i have read, a small but profound gem that i have gifted to numerous friends.
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