| Dance for Two: Essays Contributor(s): Lightman, Alan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679758771 ISBN-13: 9780679758778 Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $18.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1996 Annotation: The author of Einstein's Dreams now presents a collection of essays, written over the past 20 years, that displays his genius for bringing literary and scientific concerns into ringing harmony. Sometimes provocative, sometimes fanciful, always elegantly conceived and written, these meditations offer readers a fascinating look into the creative compulsions shared by the scientist and the artist. Reading tour. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Radiography - Science | Earth Sciences - General - Science | Essays |
| Dewey: 814 |
| LCCN: 95048876 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.17" W x 7.99" (0.55 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For the last twenty years, Alan Lightman has been writing essays that display his genius for bringing literary and scientific concerns into harmony. Dance for Two gathers the best of Lightman's work. Here are pieces that touch on both the ethereal and the corporeal; the dependence of a ballerina on the laws of physics, the choice of every scientist makes between tinkering and theorizing, the unscientific nature of discovery, the impulse behind an unprompted smile. Dance for Two is an intimate and fascinating look into the creative compulsions shared by the artist and the scientist. |