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Einstein's Dreams

by Alan Lightman
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A modern classic, Einstein’s Dreams is a fictional collage of stories dreamed by Albert Einstein in 1905, when he worked in a patent office in Switzerland. 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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  • Release date

    April 8, 2014

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780307367105

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780307367105
      • File size: 2230 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      January 3, 1994
      This beguiling first novel--a 16-week PW bestseller--envisions a series of fables about the nature of time that Einstein might have dreamt while putting the final touches on his theory of relativity.

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  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

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  • English

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