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Title: Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman ISBN: 0-446-67011-1 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.41 (167 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Brevity and Genius for the Busy
Comment: Lightman constructs an illusory world, wherein Einstein is forced into surreal daydreams by the tedium of his work in the Swiss patent office. Einstein plays a rather bit part for his namesake having graced the cover; however, the thematic quality this lends is profound: Lightman through this particular construction is given the opportunity to explore the philosophical possibilities of time, whether it is circular, running reverse or merely amok. It is as if one were able to examine the possibilities of time through a kaleidoscope and inspect each fragment in detail; questioning the curious affects individually, as they impact the human experience - both emotive and physical.
I highly recommend the text, because if brevity truly is the brother of beauty, Lightman certainly has an undervalued talent for beauty, in presentation as well as prose. At 179 pages of broad and readable print on extremely small pages, you will be re-reading in under an hour.
By the twenty-fifth page however, I was beginning to feel that Lightman's construction and structure were reminiscent of something I had previously read: it was Italo Calvino's Cosmicomics, which is longer, and perhaps even stranger, yet ultimately lacks Lightman's brevity or authority. I highly recommend this novel to anyone, but especially those whose minds are open and wanting, yet stubbornly persist in their claim that they do not have the time - you have the time for this!
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Book, even for the Non-physics lover
Comment: After I first read this book, I loved it. I have read several books on Einstein's theories and taken many classes on them, but this book gives a completely different perspective on all of that. Most "sci-fi" authors will focus on answering questions like "what is time like?" or "how does time work?"; however the beauty of this book lies in the fact that Lightman does not seek answers to these questions. The book is composed of little short stories, each beginning with a simple explanation and definition of how space and time work in that world. Then Lightman proceeds to answer a more interesting question: "what would people be like if time were like this?" He provides some wonderful depictions of alternative realities, but from the social perspective, not a scientific one. It is a great read, and quite quick as well, all you need is a few days. The book is composed of about 25 "dreams", each independent of the other, so it is great to just read a few stories and then put it down.
Highly Recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: Sensuous
Comment: I Love LOVE LOVED this book and it was over too quickly. I could have kept going with even more stories of different worlds with different types of time. It was just the most sensuous retelling of the Theory of Relativity.
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Title: Dance for Two: Selected Essays by Alan Lightman ISBN: 0679758771 Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: A Technique for Producing Ideas (Advertising Age Classics Library) by James Webb Young ISBN: 0071410945 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies Pub. Date: 21 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Ideas and Opinions by Albert Einstein ISBN: 0517003937 Publisher: Gramercy Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1986 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Good Benito by Alan Lightman ISBN: 0446671606 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1996 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Obvious Adams: The Story of a Successful Businessman by Robert R. Updegraff ISBN: 0961320303 Publisher: Updegraff Pr Pub. Date: 01 June, 1953 List Price(USD): $5.00 |
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