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WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU COULD ride on a light beam? Albert Einstein posed himself that playful question; his answer was the special theory of relativity, which utterly changed how scientists see time and space. Writers have tried to explain relativity ever since, but Alan Lightman, who teaches physics and writing at M.I.T., has an entirely new approach. EINSTEIN'S DREAMS (Pantheon, $17) is a novel, an impressionistic look at thoughts the great physicist might have had while concocting his theory. We are privy to musings about worlds where time runs backward or branches into diverging streams. The writing, beautifully...
EDITORIAL SERVICES: Christiana Walford (Director); Jennie Chien, Hanns Kohl, Benjamin Lightman, Beth Bencini Zarcone...
EDITORIAL SERVICES: Christiana Walford (Director); Jennie Chien, Hanns Kohl, Benjamin Lightman, Beth Bencini Zarcone...
EDITORIAL SERVICES: Christiana Walford (Director); Jennie Chien, Hanns Kohl, Benjamin Lightman, Beth Bencini Zarcone...
EDITORIAL SERVICES: Christiana Walford (Director); Jennie Chien, Hanns Kohl, Benjamin Lightman, Beth Bencini Zarcone...