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Alan Lightman




Alan Lightman

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born
January 01, 1948

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place of birth
Memphis, TN, The United States

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Literature & Fiction, Science


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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.





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avg rating: 3.84 | 6,058 ratings | 881 reviews | 30 distinct works | 18 fans
Einstein's Dreams Einstein's Dreams
by Alan Lightman
avg rating 4.03 — 4,306 ratings — published 1993
20 editions
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Good Benito Good Benito
by Alan Lightman
avg rating 3.33 — 275 ratings — published 1995
6 editions
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The Diagnosis: A Novel The Diagnosis: A Novel
by Alan Lightman
avg rating 2.73 — 269 ratings — published 2000
12 editions
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Ghost: A Novel Ghost: A Novel
by Alan Lightman
avg rating 2.92 — 247 ratings — published 2007
5 editions
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Reunion: A Novel Reunion: A Novel
by Alan Lightman
avg rating 3.18 — 118 ratings — published 2003
4 editions
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Dance for Two: Essays Dance for Two: Essays
by Alan Lightman
avg rating 3.71 — 55 ratings — published 1996
5 editions
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A Sense of the Mysterious: Sci... A Sense of the Mysterious: Science and the Human Spirit
by Alan Lightman
avg rating 3.62 — 50 ratings — published 2005
2 editions
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The Best American Essays 2000 The Best American Essays 2000
by Alan Lightman (Editor), Robert Atwan (Series Editor)
avg rating 3.69 — 39 ratings — published 2000
2 editions
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The Discoveries: Great Breakth... The Discoveries: Great Breakthroughs in 20th-Century Science, Including the Original Papers
by Alan Lightman
avg rating 3.97 — 29 ratings — published 2005
4 editions
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The Best American Science Writ... The Best American Science Writing 2005
by Alan Lightman (Editor), Jesse Cohen (Series Editor)
avg rating 3.47 — 17 ratings — published 2005
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"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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"For it is only habit and memory that dulls the physical passion. Without memory, each night is the first night, each morning is the first morning, each kiss and touch are the first."
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"Time is the clarity for seeing right and wrong."
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