Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman
Literary Fiction | Speculative | Science Fiction | Novel
Why we chose this book: This summer, our reading will include some modern classics. This novel is a collage of stories dreamed by Albert Einstein in 1905, about time, relativity and physics. As the defiant but sensitive young genius is creating his theory of relativity, a new conception of time, he imagines many possible worlds. In a lyrical pastiche, it explores science and art, the process of creativity, and the fragility of human existence.
“Endlessly fascinating. A beguiling inquiry into the not-at-all theoretical, utterly time-tangled, tragic and sublime nature of human life.” —The Boston Globe
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