Dance for Two: Essays by Lightman, Alan
Dance for Two: Essays by Lightman, Alan

Dance for Two: Essays

For the last twenty years, Alan Lightman has been writing essays that display his genius for bringing...
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Author: Alan Lightman
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Language: English
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Dance for Two: Essays by Lightman, Alan

Dance for Two: Essays

$52.46
Dance for Two: Essays by Lightman, Alan

Dance for Two: Essays

$52.46
Author: Alan Lightman
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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.

Author: Alan Lightman
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 03/26/1996
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.17w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780679758778


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/04/1996 pg. 60
Library Journal Prepub Alert 12/01/1995 pg. 80
Booklist 03/01/1996 pg. 1112
Library Journal 03/15/1996 pg. 93
Library Journal 12/01/1995
Library Journal 03/01/1996

About the Author
ALAN LIGHTMAN is the author of seven novels, including the international best seller Einstein's Dreams and The Diagnosis, a finalist for the National Book Award. 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 the host of the public television series Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science. He is a professor of the practice of the humanities at MIT.
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