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61 produkter
Sense of the Mysterious
Science and the Human Spirit
E-bok, 2005
110 kr
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From the bestselling author of Einstein''s Dreams comes this lyrical and insightful collection of science writing that delves into the mysteries of the scientific process and exposes its beauty and intrigue.In these brilliant essays, Lightman explores the emotional life of science, the power of …
Einstein's Dreams
Häftad, 2012
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
145 kr
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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 …
Radiative Processes in Astrophysics
Av George B. Rybicki, Alan Lightman
Häftad, 2024
1460 kr
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Radiative Processes in Astrophysics: This clear, straightforward, and fundamental introduction is designed to present-from a physicist's point of view-radiation processes and their applications to astrophysical phenomena and space science. It covers such topics as radiative transfer theory, …
Accidental Universe
The World You Thought You Knew
E-bok, 2014
126 kr
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“Alan Lightman brings a light touch to heavy questions. Here is a book about nesting ospreys, multiple universes, atheism, spiritualism, and the arrow of time. Throughout, Lightman takes us back and forth between ordinary occurrences—old shoes and entropy, sailing far out at sea and the infinite …
Einstein's Dreams
E-bok, 2011
142 kr
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Now available: New signed, boxed edition! An imaginary re-creation of Einstein''s discovery of the nature of time, this novel takes us through the young patent clerk''s many dreams depicting compelling conceptions of time. From the Hardcover edition.
Reunion
E-bok, 2007
142 kr
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Charles, a once-promising poet, is a professor at a minor liberal arts college, admiring of passion but without passion himself. Now living a desperately comfortable existence, he decides to return to his thirtieth college reunion. While there, he relives an intense love affair he had with a …
Discoveries
Great Breakthroughs in 20th-Century Science, Including the Original Papers
E-bok, 2009
221 kr
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In this captivating and lucid book, novelist and science writer Alan Lightman chronicles twenty-four great discoveries of twentieth-century science--everything from the theory of relativity to mapping the structure of DNA.These discoveries radically changed our notions of the world and our place in …
GOOD BENITO
A Novel
E-bok, 2011
158 kr
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From the author of the best-selling Einstein’s Dreams comes a wonderfully original, deeply moving, and wryly funny novel about the clash between the absolutes of science and the vagaries of human experience. Bennett always knew he would live a life of science. From the homemade rockets and …
Dance for Two
Essays
E-bok, 2011
236 kr
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The author of Einstein''s Dreams now presents a collection of essays, written over the past 20 years, that displays his genius for bringing literary and scientific concerns into ringing harmony. Sometimes provocative, sometimes fanciful, always elegantly conceived and written, these meditations …
Mr g
A Novel About the Creation
E-bok, 2012
189 kr
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“As I remember, I had just woken up from a nap when I decided to create the universe.” So begins Alan Lightman’s playful and profound new novel, Mr g, the story of Creation as told by God. Barraged by the constant advisements and bickerings of Aunt Penelope and Uncle Deva, who live with their …
Diagnosis
A Novel
E-bok, 2001
158 kr
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From the bestselling author of Einstein’s Dreams comes this harrowing tale of one man''s struggle to cope in a wired world, even as his own biological wiring short-circuits. As Boston’s Red Line shuttles Bill Chalmers to work one summer morning, something extraordinary happens. Suddenly, he can''t …
Ghost
A Novel
E-bok, 2007
158 kr
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A stunning new novel about an ordinary man''s encounter with the extraordinary, from the author of Einstein''s Dreams .David Kurzweil, a quiet man with modest ambitions, was taking a break at his new job, when he saw something out of the corner of his eye. Something no science could explain. …
The Discoveries: Great Breakthroughs in 20th-Century Science, Including the Original Papers
Häftad, 2006
355 kr
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Future of Spacetime
Av Stephen W. Hawking, Kip Thorne m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
187 kr
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Our minds tell us that some things in the universe must be true. The New Physics tells us that they are not, and in the process, blurs the line between science and science fiction. Here are six accessible essays by those who walk that line, moving ever further out in discovering the patterns of …
Probable Impossibilities
Musings on Beginnings and Endings
2022
201 kr
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The acclaimed author of Einstein’s Dreams tackles "big questions like the origin of the universe and the nature of consciousness ... in an entertaining and easily digestible way” ( Wall Street Journal ) with a collection of meditative essays on the possibilities—and impossibilities—of nothingness …
Transcendent Brain
Spirituality in the Age of Science
2023
321 kr
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From the acclaimed author of Einstein’s Dreams comes a rich, fascinating answer to the question, Can the scientifically inclined still hold space for spirituality? “Lightman…belongs to a noble tradition of science writers, including Oliver Sacks and Lewis Thomas, who can poke endlessly into a …
Shape of Wonder
How Scientists Think, Work, and Live
Inbunden, 2025
250 kr
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In this captivating, insightful book, acclaimed physicists Alan Lightman and Martin Rees illuminate the life and work of numerous scientists in order to demystify the scientific process and show that scientists are concerned citizens, just like the rest of us. “Remarkable. . . . Illuminating with …
