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Alan Lightman

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Alan Lightman was born in Memphis, Tennessee on November 28, 1948. After completing an A.B. at Princeton University in 1970, a Ph.D. at the California Institute of Technology in 1974, and postdoctoral studies at Cornell University in 1976, he moved directly into academia, teaching astronomy and näytä lisää physics at Harvard University, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In the 1980s, he found a way to combine his literary and scientific interests when he began to write essays about science. He explored astronomy, cosmology, particle physics, space exploration, and the life of a scientist, writing about these topics in a way that makes them understandable to the average reader. Many of his essays can be found in the collections Time Travel and Papa Joe's Pipe and A Modern-Day Yankee in a Connecticut Court and Other Essays on Science. He is the author of Ancient Light: Our Changing View of the Universe, which won the Boston Globe's 1991 Critics' Choice award for non-fiction; and is co-author of Origins: The Lives and Worlds of Modern Cosmologists, which received an award from the Association of American Publishers in 1990. In the 1990's, he branched out into fiction, although still with a focus on science. His novels include Einstein's Dreams, Good Benito, and The Diagnosis. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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Tekijän teokset

Einsteinin unet (1992) 5,047 kappaletta
The Diagnosis (2000) 604 kappaletta
Good Benito (1994) 423 kappaletta
Mr g: A Novel About the Creation (2012) 288 kappaletta
Ghost (2007) 277 kappaletta
The Future of Spacetime (2002) — Avustaja — 270 kappaletta
Reunion (2003) 255 kappaletta
The Best American Essays 2000 (2000) — Toimittaja; Johdanto — 212 kappaletta
The Best American Science Writing 2005 (2005) — Toimittaja — 191 kappaletta
Dance for Two: Essays (1996) 175 kappaletta
Screening Room: Family Pictures (1656) 71 kappaletta
Time Travel and Papa Joe's Pipe (1984) 49 kappaletta
Ada and the Galaxies (2021) 46 kappaletta
Modern Day Yankee (1986) 46 kappaletta
Three Flames: A Novel (2019) 44 kappaletta
Song of Two Worlds (2009) 35 kappaletta
Isabel and the Invisible World (2023) 16 kappaletta
Heart of the Horse (2004) 15 kappaletta
World Is Too Much with Me (2005) 1 kappale

Associated Works

Tasomaa : moniulotteinen romanssi (1884) — Johdanto, eräät painokset9,708 kappaletta
A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader (2018) — Avustaja — 234 kappaletta
The Best American Essays 2012 (2012) — Avustaja — 228 kappaletta
The Best American Science Writing 2001 (2001) — Avustaja — 132 kappaletta
The Best American Essays 2017 (2017) — Avustaja — 117 kappaletta
Granta 40: The Womanizer (1992) — Avustaja — 113 kappaletta
The Best American Science Writing 2012 (2012) — Avustaja — 90 kappaletta

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Kanoninen nimi
Lightman, Alan
Virallinen nimi
Lightman, Alan Paige
Syntymäaika
1948-11-28
Sukupuoli
male
Kansalaisuus
USA
Syntymäpaikka
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Asuinpaikat
Memphis, Tennessee, USA (birth)
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Pasadena, California, USA
Ithaca, New York, USA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Koulutus
Princeton University (1970 | Physics)
California Institute of Technology (1974 | Ph.D. | Theoretical Physics)
Ammatit
professor
writer
director (MIT program in writing and humanistic studies)
physicist
Organisaatiot
Harpswell Foundation
Phi Beta Kappa
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1996)
Honorary Doctorate of Letters (Bowdoin College | 2005)
Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts (Memphis College of Arts | 2006)
Honorary Doctorate of Humanities (University of Maryland | 2006)
Literary Light of the Boston Public Library (1995)
Andrew Gemant Award (1996 | American Institute of Physics) (näytä kaikki 11)
Distinguished Alumni Award (California Institute of Technology | 2003)
Distinguished Arts and Humanities Medal for Literature (Germantown Arts Alliance of Tennessee | 2003)
John P. McGovern Science and Society Award (Sigma Xi | 2006)
Sydney Award (2011, 2016)
Gyorgy Kepes Prize in the Arts (1998)
Lyhyt elämäkerta
Alan Paige Lightman is an American physicist, writer, and social entrepreneur. He has served on the faculties of Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is currently a professor of the practice of the humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Indeholder "Prolog", "14. april 1905", "16. april 1905", "19. april 1905", "24. april 1905", "26. april 1905", "28. april 1905", "3. maj 1905", "4. maj 1905", "Intermezzo", "8. maj 1905", "10. maj 1905", "11. maj 1905", "14. maj 1905", "15. maj 1905", "20. maj 1905", "22. maj 1905", "29. maj 1905", "Intermezzo", "2. juni 1905", "3. juni 1905", "5. juni 1905", "9. juni 1905", "10. juni 1905", "11. juni 1905", "15. juni 1905", "17. juni 1905", "Intermezzo", "18. juni 1905", "20. juni 1905", "22. juni 1905", "25. juni 1905", "27. juni 1905", "28. juni 1905", "Epilog".

"Prolog" handler om Einstein, der sidder i Patentkontoret og tænker over de mange drømme om tid, han har haft i de seneste måneder.
"14. april 1905" handler om cirkulær tid, hvor alt simpelthen gentager sig efter et stykke tid. Om det så er en syg mand på hospitalet, der tager afsked med sin kone og små børn, fordi han skal dø.
"16. april 1905" handler om tiden som en strøm, et vandløb, men med sidestrømme, hvor folk kan blive fanget for en tid.
"19. april 1905" handler om en verden med tredimensional tid.
"24. april 1905" handler om en verden med både mekanisk og kropslig tid og de kan være forskellige. Nogle lever efter den ene og andre efter den anden tid.
"26. april 1905" handler om at man har bosat sig i bjergene fordi tiden går en smule langsommere når man kommer længere væk fra jordens kerne.
"28. april 1905" handler om en verden med absolut tid.
"3. maj 1905" handler om en verden uden sammenhæng mellem årsag og virkning. Folk flest lever i øjeblikket.
"4. maj 1905" handler om en verden, hvor tiden går, men der sker ikke ret meget fra måned til måned, eller fra år til år for den sags skyld.
"Intermezzo" handler om Einstein og hans ven Besso. Einstein forklarer at han gerne vil forstå tiden for at være tættere på Den Gamle. Men Besso mener at Den Gamle måske slet ikke er interesseret i det.
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En pudsig legen med forskellige tidsbegreber og helt klart noget, hvor relativitetsteorien giver anledning til undren over hvad tid er.
… (lisätietoja)
 
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bnielsen | 146 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 13, 2024 |
Ik kan me inbeelden dat onvoorbereide lezers aanvankelijk vreemd opkijken van dit boekje: ondanks de titel komt Einstein er niet onmiddellijk aan te pas; de auteur springt van de ene vignette naar de andere – 30 in totaal, korte verhaaltjes waarin vaag gefilosofeerd lijkt te worden over het fenomeen tijd. Het lijken losse gedachten en ideeën. Maar niks is minder waar. De meeste stukjes situeren zich in Bern en omgeving, de plaats waar Einstein zijn relativiteitstheorie uitdokterde, en de grootmeester zelf verschijnt ook wel ten tonele in de interludia. Dus misschien toch, ja. Tot je doorhebt dat Lightman zich verplaatst heeft in het hoofd van Einstein hem laat nadenken over hoe vreemd dat verschijnsel tijd toch wel is. En zo wordt dit wel degelijk een grondige exploratie van het thema tijd, in de vorm van denkexperimenten: wat als het leven maar 1 dag besloeg, of integendeel eeuwig duurde? Wat als er geen toekomst zou bestaan, of de tijd discontinu zou zijn? Lightman maakt in zijn vignettes duidelijk dat het wel degelijk allemaal een serieus verschil zou maken. Luchtige fantasietjes zijn het, die af en toe aan de spielereien van Jorge Borges doen denken. Maar er zit wel degelijk een systeem en een boodschap achter: tijd is ongrijpbaar, maar maakt voor een mens wel degelijk een verschil.… (lisätietoja)
 
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bookomaniac | 146 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 4, 2024 |
A difficult book to describe, choke full of food for the mind to masticate. a future re-reading is likely. Truly thought provoking
 
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skid0612 | 146 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Feb 28, 2024 |
Well writ short sketches of different types of time. Reminds me indeed of Calvino’s Invisible Cities but is not as poetic.

Overall the connective narrative about Einstein and his friendship is more compelling story than the many sketches.

I like the concept but I was left wondering if the concept could carry the content and make me feel something more than playful ideas.
 
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yates9 | 146 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Feb 28, 2024 |

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