Alan Lightman
ALAN LIGHTMAN is the author of seven novels, including the international best seller Einstein's Dreams and The Diagnosis , a finalist for the National Book Award. He has taught at Harvard and at MIT, where he was the first person to receive a dual faculty appointment in science and the humanities. He is the host of the public television series Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science . He is a professor of the practice of the humanities at MIT.
ALAN LIGHTMAN is the author of seven novels, including the international best seller Einstein's Dreams and The Diagnosis , a finalist for the National Book Award. He has taught at Harvard and at MIT, where he was the first person to receive a dual faculty appointment in science and the humanities. He is the host of the public television series Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science . He is a professor of the practice of the humanities at MIT. See less
Alan Lightman's Featured Books
Alan Lightman book reviews
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The Inflationary Universe: The Quest for a New Theory of Cosmic Origins
Origins of the Universe
by David L, Oct 28, 2020
This book gives a good description for Physicists and Engineers of how the universe might have came into existence. It is readable; but the explanations make one think a considerable amount to ... Read More
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Einstein's Dreams
I rarely like artsy books written by scientists
I rarely like artsy books written by scientists and this was no exception. Lightman imagined different worlds systematically, but unfortunately the people in them were cardboard. Read More
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Best American Essays 2000
This was my first time reading one of the books from the Best American Essays and I was fairly pleased by a majority of the essays. A large percentage were well crafted and poignant. I particularly ... Read More
