Alan Lightman





Alan Lightman

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November 01, 1948 in Memphis, TN, The United States

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Alan Lightman is a physicist, novelist, and essayist born in Memphis, Tennessee. He is an adjunct professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the author of the international bestseller Einstein's Dreams.



Average rating: 3.87 · 12,303 ratings · 1,535 reviews · 25 distinct works
Einstein's Dreams
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 9,893 ratings — published 1992 — 32 editions
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Good Benito
3.32 of 5 stars 3.32 avg rating — 465 ratings — published 1995 — 7 editions
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Ghost: A Novel
2.96 of 5 stars 2.96 avg rating — 513 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions
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The Diagnosis
2.8 of 5 stars 2.80 avg rating — 460 ratings — published 2000 — 13 editions
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Mr g: A Novel About The Cre...
3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 238 ratings — published 1998 — 14 editions
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Reunion: A Novel
3.11 of 5 stars 3.11 avg rating — 220 ratings7 editions
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A Sense of the Mysterious: ...
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions
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Dance for Two: Essays
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions
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The Discoveries: Great Brea...
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions
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“The tragedy of this world is that everyone is alone. For a life in the past cannot be shared with the present.”
Alan Lightman, Einstein's Dreams

“If a person holds no ambitions in this world, he suffers unknowingly. If a person holds ambitions, he suffers knowingly, but very slowly.”
Alan Lightman, Einstein's Dreams

“Some say it is best not to go near the center of time. Life is a vessel of sadness, but is noble to live life and without time there is no life. Others disagree. They would rather have an eternity of contentment, even if that eternity were fixed and frozen, like a butterfly mounted in a case.”
Alan Lightman, Einstein's Dreams

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