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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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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The 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
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Ghost
A Good Read
by SeFromNC, Oct 22, 2010
A wonderful book. The main character is a man hard to pin down. The sighting or non-sighting does become only on part of this great story. Read More
