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Informationen zum Autor Albert Einstein (1879–1955), one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century, was born in Ulm, Germany, to German-Jewish parents. He published his first great theories in Switzerland in the early 1900s while working as a patent clerk. Alan Lightman  is the author of six novels, including  Einstein’s Dreams , which was an international bestseller, and  The Diagnosis , which was a finalist for the National Book Award. He is also the author of three collections of essays and several books on science. His latest work is the memoir of his family,  Screening Room.  His work has appeared in  The Atlantic, Granta, Harper’s, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books,  and  Nature,  among other publications. Since beginning his career as a theoretical physicist, Lightman has taught at Harvard and at MIT, where he was the first person to receive a dual faculty appointment in science and in the humanities. He lives in the Boston area. Klappentext Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time Zusammenfassung Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time

Product details

• Authors: Albert Einstein, Alan Lightman
• Assisted by: Alan Lightman (Introduction)
• Publisher: Modern Library PRH US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.06.1994
• EAN: 9780679601050
• ISBN: 978-0-679-60105-0
• No. of pages: 418
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 192 mm x 30 mm
• Series: MODERN LIBRARY; Modern Library (Hardcover); MODERN LIBRARY; Modern Library (Hardcover)
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)