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Alan Lightman
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born
January 01, 1948
gender
male
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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Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman avg rating 4.03 — 4,306 ratings — published 1993 20 editions |
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Good Benito by Alan Lightman avg rating 3.33 — 275 ratings — published 1995 6 editions |
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The Diagnosis: A Novel by Alan Lightman avg rating 2.73 — 269 ratings — published 2000 12 editions |
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Ghost: A Novel by Alan Lightman avg rating 2.92 — 247 ratings — published 2007 5 editions |
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Reunion: A Novel by Alan Lightman avg rating 3.18 — 118 ratings — published 2003 4 editions |
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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: 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 by Alan Lightman , Robert Atwan avg rating 3.69 — 39 ratings — published 2000 2 editions |
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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 Writing 2005 by Alan Lightman , Jesse Cohen 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)
— Alan Lightman (Einstein's Dreams)
"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."
— Alan Lightman (Einstein's Dreams)
— Alan Lightman (Einstein's Dreams)
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