Einstein's Dreams

图书标准信息

• 作者 Alan Lightman 著
• 出版社 Vintage
• 出版时间 2004-11
• ISBN 9781400077809
• 定价 111.60元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 144页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Vintage Contemporaries

【内容简介】

Amodernclassic,Einstein’sDreamsisafictionalcollageofstoriesdreamedbyAlbertEinsteinin1905,whenheworkedinapatentofficeinSwitzerland.Asthedefiantbutsensitiveyounggeniusiscreatinghistheoryofrelativity,anewconceptionoftime,heimaginesmanypossibleworlds.Inone,timeiscircular,sothatpeoplearefatedtorepeattriumphsandfailuresoverandover.Inanother,thereisaplacewheretimestandsstill,visitedbyloversandparentsclingingtotheirchildren.Inanother,timeisanightingale,sometimestrappedbyabelljar.

Nowtranslatedintothirtylanguages,Einstein’sDreamshasinspiredplaywrights,dancers,musicians,andpaintersallovertheworld.Inpoeticvignettes,itexplorestheconnectionsbetweenscienceandart,theprocessofcreativity,andultimatelythefragilityofhumanexistence.

【作者简介】

AlanLightmanwasborninMemphis,Tennessee,andeducatedatPrincetonandtheCaliforniaInstituteofTechnology.HisbooksincludethenovelsGoodBenito,TheDiagnosis,andReunion;acollectionofessaysandfables,DanceforTwo;andseveralbooksonscience.Hislatest,acollectionofessays,ASenseoftheMysterious,willbepublishedbyPantheonbooksinJanuary2005.HelivesinMassachusetts.