Rebecca Goldstein, author portrait
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Rebecca Goldstein

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein received her doctorate in philosophy from Princeton University. Her award-winning books include the novels The Mind-Body Problem, Properties of Light, 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction, and nonfiction studies of Kurt Gödel and Baruch Spinoza. Her most recent work, Plato at the Googleplex, was released by Pantheon Books in March of 2014. She has received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, has been designated a Humanist of the Year and a Freethought Heroine, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She lives in Massachusetts. Rebecca Goldstein is represented by Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau (prhspeakers.com).
Plato at the Googleplex
36 Arguments for the Existence of God
Betraying Spinoza
Strange Attractors
The Mind-Body Problem

Books

Plato at the Googleplex
36 Arguments for the Existence of God
Betraying Spinoza
Strange Attractors
The Mind-Body Problem

Books for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Every May we celebrate the rich history and culture of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Browse a curated selection of fiction and nonfiction books by AANHPI creators that we think your students will love. Find our full collection of titles for Higher Education here.

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White House Announces Recipients of National Humanities Medal

Congratulations to Knopf Doubleday authors Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, author of Plato at the Googleplex, Jhumpa Lahiri, author of The Lowland, and Annie Dillard, author of For the Time Being, who were announced as recipients of the 2014 National Humanities Medal.

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