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A Sense of the Mysterious
- Author
- Alan Lightman
- Narrator
- Bronson Pinchot
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 18 September 2018
- Run Time
- 5 hours 23 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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—physics, astronomy, mathematics—and exposes its beauty and intrigue.
In these brilliant essays, Lightman explores the emotional life of science, the power of imagination, the creative moment, and the alternate ways in which scientists and humanists think about the world. Along the way, he provides in-depth portraits of some of the great geniuses of our time, including Albert Einstein, Richard Feynman, Edward Teller, and astronomer Vera Rubin. Thoughtful, beautifully written, and wonderfully original, A Sense of the Mysterious confirms Alan Lightman’s unique position at the crossroads of science and art.
Critics Review
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“A fine introduction to the excitement and pleasures of science by a scientist who is a humanist in the noblest sense of the word.”
Los Angeles Times
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“Wonderfully perceptive…Finely chiseled essays.”
Scientific American
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“Splendidly illuminating…Imprinted with Lightman’s scientific wonderment and poetic grace.”
San Francisco Chronicle
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“Lightman writes with his characteristic, unmannered leanness. His style takes something from the scientists who ‘want to hear that call of certain truth, that clear note of a struck bell.’"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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“Mixes insightful scientific biographies with revealing autobiographical accounts and leavens them both with clearly told physics lessons for lay readers.”
Boston Globe
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Details
- Author
- Alan Lightman
- Narrator
- Bronson Pinchot
- Duration
- 5 hours 23 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 September 2018
- ISBN
- 9781982547363
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Philosophy of science, Impact of science and technology on society
Synopsis
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—physics, astronomy, mathematics—and exposes its beauty and intrigue.In these brilliant essays, Lightman explores the emotional life of science, the power of imagination, the creative moment, and the alternate ways in which scientists and humanists think about the world. Along the way, he provides in-depth portraits of some of the great geniuses of our time, including Albert Einstein, Richard Feynman, Edward Teller, and astronomer Vera Rubin. Thoughtful, beautifully written, and wonderfully original, A Sense of the Mysterious confirms Alan Lightman’s unique position at the crossroads of science and art.
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