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Einstein's Dreams
Einstein's Dreams
Author: Alan Lightman
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.
ISBN-13: 9780679416463
ISBN-10: 0679416463
Publication Date: 1/4/1993
Pages: 192
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 25 ratings
Publisher: Pantheon
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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reviewed Einstein's Dreams on + 52 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
This book is written by a CalTech graduate and MIT physics professor. It is basically a collection of short stories, except none of the stories actually has a plot. Each story is a fictional dream that a young Einstein had about time. Each dream is set in a different universe in which some aspect of time is slightly different from how we understand it to be and each story is a glimpse into that universe. Most of the stories are actually very interesting in a thought-provoking kind of way.
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Helpful Score: 3
Great book and a perfect beach read, it may be short read but its filled with some deep beautifully captured words.
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Helpful Score: 2
Thoughtful, but too slow for me. Gently written. Had an "art for art's sake" feel for me.
reviewed Einstein's Dreams on + 46 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Moving and humorous and fascinating. Who thinks about Albert Einstein as being anything but an iconic human being? Reading about Einstein, as a man was fascinating and delightful.
Claudielou avatar reviewed Einstein's Dreams on + 77 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
LOVED it! It makes you think of the concept of time in wonderful ways.
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reviewed Einstein's Dreams on + 3 more book reviews
I finished this in one day. The writing is evocative and lyrical. Each essay presents a different concept of time by illustrating how it would affect human behavior. In many cases, they illustrate how people actually view time and how that view can be detrimental.
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This one was beyond me. I enjoyed the writing in the moment most of the time, but for me it didn't hang together or go anywhere or in fact make sense. Very dreamlike, I guess, but there must be a huge disconnect between Einstein's dreams and mine. I did finish it, but I gave it away to one of my more mystical-minded friends - whose husband reminded her that she'd read it before. Forgetting that is not a good sign.
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I quick and light read with the subtle power to make you look twice at the world around you.
jazzysmom avatar reviewed Einstein's Dreams on + 907 more book reviews
Gosh, this was a good read. It is funny and beautifully written. I just can't praise this book enough-it is so breath taking to read. I would read it over and over again just to be sure i retained everything i read. A book to be spoken of.

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