Einstein's Dreams

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• Book Review: Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman Share

  Time, as we know it, always moves forward, in a steady fashion. But what if there exist worlds in which time behaves differently? This is the main question that Alan Lightman's Einstein's Dreams tries to answer, using Albert Einstein and his dreams, ... (read full critics)

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  Imagine different worlds, where time flows differently. The author offers us a glimpse of such worlds, one per chapter.
  Some chapters sound utterly ridiculous (and unscientific, at least to me). Some are real eye-openers.
  I could totally see myself living in the world where people wait to ... (continue)

  Imagine different worlds, where time flows differently. The author offers us a glimpse of such worlds, one per chapter.
  Some chapters sound utterly ridiculous (and unscientific, at least to me). Some are real eye-openers.
  I could totally see myself living in the world where people wait to live their life until they receive glimpses of the future (I think I may actually originally come from there).
  And I would like to move to the world where the passage of time brings increasing order. Now, that is a universe that makes sense.

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  Ficie said on Jun 30, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  a beautiful mind. The thinking of time integrates with the thinking of human as a being

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  lee said on Apr 10, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  read like a bunch of short stories, which made for a quick read. 4 stars because each segment made you see the world in a new way.

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  cait4328 said on Apr 22, 2008 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Hardcover 192 Pages
• Edition: 1st ed
• ISBN-10: 0679416463
• ISBN-13: 9780679416463
• Publisher: Pantheon
• Pub date: Jan 04, 1993
• Dimensions: 1097 mm x 774 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Paperback, Audio CD, Audio Cassette and Others
• In other languages: other languages Deutsche Bücher, Livros em Português, Libri Italiani

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