Alan Lightman, author portrait
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Alan Lightman

ALAN LIGHTMAN earned his PhD in physics from the California Institute of Technology and is the author of seven novels, including the international best seller Einstein’s Dreams and The Diagnosis, a finalist for the National Book Award. His nonfiction includes The Accidental Universe, Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine, and Probable Impossibilities. He has taught at Harvard and at MIT, where he was the first person to receive a dual faculty appointment in science and the humanities. He is currently a professor of the practice of the humanities at MIT. He is the host of the public television series Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science.
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Probable Impossibilities
Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine
The Accidental Universe
Mr g
Einstein's Dreams

Events

Sat Oct 26 | 02:00 PM
Boston Book Festival Copley Square
Boston, MA 
Google Map

Tue Nov 19 | 07:00 PM
Harvard University Science Center Lecture Hall A
1 Oxford St
Cambridge, MA 02138
Google Map

Thu Nov 21 | 07:00 PM
Wellesley Books
82 Central St
Wellesley, MA 02482
Google Map

Fri Nov 22 | 06:30 PM
GIBSON'S BOOK STORE
45 S MAIN ST STE L100
CONCORD, NH 03301-4800
Google Map

Mon Nov 25 | 07:00 PM
BROOKLINE BOOKSMITH
279 HARVARD ST
BROOKLINE, MA 02446-2908
Google Map

Mon Dec 02 | 07:00 PM
The Book Stall X Family Action Network Virtual Event
811 Elm St
Winnetka, IL 60093
Google Map

Thu Dec 05
RJ JULIA BOOKSELLERS
768 BOSTON POST RD
MADISON, CT 06443-3047
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Tue Dec 10 | 06:00 PM
Print: A Bookstore X Scarborough Land Trust X Mechanic's Hall
519 Congress St
Portland, ME 04101
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Tue Jan 14 | 07:00 PM
Hudson Library & Historical Society Virtual Event
96 Library St
Hudson, OH 44236
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Wed Jan 15 | 07:00 PM
PORTER SQUARE BOOKS
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