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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.
The Miraculous from the Material
The Miraculous from the Material
Understanding the Wonders of Nature
Alan Lightman
9780593701485
$36.00 US
Hardcover
Nov 19, 2024
Pantheon
The Transcendent Brain
The Transcendent Brain
Spirituality in the Age of Science
Alan Lightman
9780593469415
$17.00 US
Paperback
Aug 20, 2024
Vintage
Probable Impossibilities
Probable Impossibilities
Musings on Beginnings and Endings
Alan Lightman
9780593081327
$16.00 US
Paperback
Apr 19, 2022
Vintage
Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine
Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine
Alan Lightman
9780525432593
$17.00 US
Paperback
Feb 19, 2019
Vintage
Screening Room
Screening Room
A Memoir of the South
Alan Lightman
9780307739841
$21.00 US
Paperback
Feb 23, 2016
Vintage
The Accidental Universe
The Accidental Universe
The World You Thought You Knew
Alan Lightman
9780345805959
$16.00 US
Paperback
Oct 07, 2014
Vintage
Mr g
Mr g
A Novel About the Creation
Alan Lightman
9780307744852
$17.00 US
Paperback
Oct 30, 2012
Vintage
GOOD BENITO
GOOD BENITO
A Novel
Alan Lightman
9780307788634
Ebook
Mar 23, 2011
Pantheon
Ghost
Ghost
Alan Lightman
9780375713439
$18.00 US
Paperback
Oct 14, 2008
Vintage
The Discoveries
The Discoveries
Great Breakthroughs in 20th-Century Science, Including the Original Papers
Alan Lightman
9780375713453
$21.00 US
Paperback
Nov 14, 2006
Vintage
A Sense of the Mysterious
A Sense of the Mysterious
Science and the Human Spirit
Alan Lightman
9781400078196
$19.00 US
Paperback
Jan 03, 2006
Vintage
Reunion
Reunion
Alan Lightman
9780375713446
$15.00 US
Paperback
Nov 09, 2004
Vintage
Einstein's Dreams
Einstein's Dreams
Alan Lightman
9781400077809
$16.00 US
Paperback
Nov 09, 2004
Vintage
The Diagnosis
The Diagnosis
A Novel
Alan Lightman
9780375725500
$18.00 US
Paperback
Feb 19, 2002
Vintage
Dance for Two
Dance for Two
Essays
Alan Lightman
9780679758778
$19.00 US
Paperback
Mar 26, 1996
Pantheon

Tue Nov 19 | 07:00 PM
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1 Oxford St
Cambridge, MA 02138
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Thu Nov 21 | 07:00 PM
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Fri Nov 22 | 06:30 PM
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45 S MAIN ST STE L100
CONCORD, NH 03301-4800
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Mon Nov 25 | 07:00 PM
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279 HARVARD ST
BROOKLINE, MA 02446-2908
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Mon Dec 02 | 07:00 PM
The Book Stall X Family Action Network Virtual Event
811 Elm St
Winnetka, IL 60093
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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
1815 MASS AVE
CAMBRIDGE, MA 02140-1430
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Books

The Miraculous from the Material
The Miraculous from the Material
Understanding the Wonders of Nature
Alan Lightman
9780593701485
$36.00 US
Hardcover
Nov 19, 2024
Pantheon
The Transcendent Brain
The Transcendent Brain
Spirituality in the Age of Science
Alan Lightman
9780593469415
$17.00 US
Paperback
Aug 20, 2024
Vintage
Probable Impossibilities
Probable Impossibilities
Musings on Beginnings and Endings
Alan Lightman
9780593081327
$16.00 US
Paperback
Apr 19, 2022
Vintage
Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine
Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine
Alan Lightman
9780525432593
$17.00 US
Paperback
Feb 19, 2019
Vintage
Screening Room
Screening Room
A Memoir of the South
Alan Lightman
9780307739841
$21.00 US
Paperback
Feb 23, 2016
Vintage
The Accidental Universe
The Accidental Universe
The World You Thought You Knew
Alan Lightman
9780345805959
$16.00 US
Paperback
Oct 07, 2014
Vintage
Mr g
Mr g
A Novel About the Creation
Alan Lightman
9780307744852
$17.00 US
Paperback
Oct 30, 2012
Vintage
GOOD BENITO
GOOD BENITO
A Novel
Alan Lightman
9780307788634
$9.99 US
Ebook
Mar 23, 2011
Pantheon
Ghost
Ghost
Alan Lightman
9780375713439
$18.00 US
Paperback
Oct 14, 2008
Vintage
The Discoveries
The Discoveries
Great Breakthroughs in 20th-Century Science, Including the Original Papers
Alan Lightman
9780375713453
$21.00 US
Paperback
Nov 14, 2006
Vintage
A Sense of the Mysterious
A Sense of the Mysterious
Science and the Human Spirit
Alan Lightman
9781400078196
$19.00 US
Paperback
Jan 03, 2006
Vintage
Reunion
Reunion
Alan Lightman
9780375713446
$15.00 US
Paperback
Nov 09, 2004
Vintage
Einstein's Dreams
Einstein's Dreams
Alan Lightman
9781400077809
$16.00 US
Paperback
Nov 09, 2004
Vintage
The Diagnosis
The Diagnosis
A Novel
Alan Lightman
9780375725500
$18.00 US
Paperback
Feb 19, 2002
Vintage
Dance for Two
Dance for Two
Essays
Alan Lightman
9780679758778
$19.00 US
Paperback
Mar 26, 1996
Pantheon

Events

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
Google Map

Tue Dec 10 | 06:00 PM
Print: A Bookstore X Scarborough Land Trust X Mechanic's Hall
519 Congress St
Portland, ME 04101
Google Map

Tue Jan 14 | 07:00 PM
Hudson Library & Historical Society Virtual Event
96 Library St
Hudson, OH 44236
Google Map

Wed Jan 15 | 07:00 PM
PORTER SQUARE BOOKS
1815 MASS AVE
CAMBRIDGE, MA 02140-1430
Google Map

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