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Alan Lightman

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ALAN LIGHTMAN is the author of six 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 currently professor of the practice of the humanities at MIT.

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Preparing for Nothingness

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The Shape of Wonder

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The Miraculous from the Material

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The Transcendent Brain

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Probable Impossibilities

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Quantum Legacies

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Three Flames

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Southern Writers on Writing

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In Praise of Wasting Time

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Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine

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Song of Two Worlds

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Screening Room

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The Accidental Universe

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The Best American Essays 2012

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Mr g

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GOOD BENITO

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Dance for Two

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Einstein's Dreams book cover

Einstein's Dreams

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The Discoveries

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Reunion

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