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Einstein's Dreams

Einstein's Dreams

Lightman, Alan

Paperback

Series: Vintage Contemporaries

Science FictionHistorical FictionLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $17.00

ISBN10: 140007780X
ISBN13: 9781400077809
Publisher: Vintage
Published: Nov 9 2004
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A modern classic explores the connections between science and art, the process of creativity, and ultimately the fragility of human existence.

A magical, metaphysical realm ... Captivating, enchanting, delightful. --The New York Times

Einstein's Dreams is a fictional collage of stories dreamed by Albert Einstein in 1905, about time, relativity and physics. 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 to their children. In another, time is a nightingale, sometimes trapped by a bell jar.

Now translated into thirty languages, Einstein's Dreams has inspired playwrights, dancers, musicians, and painters all over the world. In poetic vignettes, it explores the connections between science and art, the process of creativity, and ultimately the fragility of human existence.

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