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From the gifted scientist-author of the acclaimed novels "Einstein's Dreams" and "The Diagnosis" comes his first collection of essays in more than 15 years; 11 original, insightful, and beautifully written pieces that explore the creative nature of the scientific endeavor.

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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400078199
ISBN-13
9781400078196
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Book Title
Sense of the Mysterious : Science and the Human Spirit
Author
Alan Lightman
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Philosophy & Social Aspects, History, Essays, Science & Technology
Publication Year
2006
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Science
Number of Pages
224 Pages

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Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
5.1in
Item Weight
5.2 Oz

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"Splendidly illuminating... Imprinted with Lightman's scientific wonderment and poetic grace." -San Francisco Chronicle "Original. . . . Heartfelt. . . . Illuminating. . . . Lightman writes with his characteristic, unmannered leanness. His style takes something from the scientists who 'want to hear that call of certain truth, that clear note of a struck bell.'" -St. Louis Post-Dispatch "A fine introduction to the excitement and pleasures of science by a scientist who is a humanist in the noblest sense of the word."-Los Angeles Times "This slender volume mixes insightful scientific biographies with revealing autobiographical accounts and leavens them both with clearly told physics lessons for lay readers." -The Boston Globe "Wonderfully perceptive. . . . Finely chiseled essays." -Scientific American From the Trade Paperback edition., "Splendidly illuminating... Imprinted with Lightman's scientific wonderment and poetic grace." --"San Francisco Chronicle "Original. . . . Heartfelt. . . . Illuminating. . . . Lightman writes with his characteristic, unmannered leanness. His style takes something from the scientists who 'want to hear that call of certain truth, that clear note of a struck bell.'" --"St. Louis Post-Dispatch "A fine introduction to the excitement and pleasures of science by a scientist who is a humanist in the noblest sense of the word."--"Los Angeles Times "This slender volume mixes insightful scientific biographies with revealing autobiographical accounts and leavens them both with clearly told physics lessons for lay readers." --"The Boston Globe "Wonderfully perceptive. . . . Finely chiseled essays." --"Scientific American, "Splendidly illuminating... Imprinted with Lightman's scientific wonderment and poetic grace." San Francisco Chronicle "Original. . . . Heartfelt. . . . Illuminating. . . . Lightman writes with his characteristic, unmannered leanness. His style takes something from the scientists who 'want to hear that call of certain truth, that clear note of a struck bell.'" St. Louis Post-Dispatch "A fine introduction to the excitement and pleasures of science by a scientist who is a humanist in the noblest sense of the word." Los Angeles Times "This slender volume mixes insightful scientific biographies with revealing autobiographical accounts and leavens them both with clearly told physics lessons for lay readers." The Boston Globe "Wonderfully perceptive. . . . Finely chiseled essays." Scientific American From the Trade Paperback edition., "Splendidly illuminating... Imprinted with Lightman's scientific wonderment and poetic grace." - San Francisco Chronicle "Original. . . . Heartfelt. . . . Illuminating. . . . Lightman writes with his characteristic, unmannered leanness. His style takes something from the scientists who 'want to hear that call of certain truth, that clear note of a struck bell.'" - St. Louis Post-Dispatch "A fine introduction to the excitement and pleasures of science by a scientist who is a humanist in the noblest sense of the word."- Los Angeles Times "This slender volume mixes insightful scientific biographies with revealing autobiographical accounts and leavens them both with clearly told physics lessons for lay readers." - The Boston Globe "Wonderfully perceptive. . . . Finely chiseled essays." - Scientific American, "Splendidly illuminating... Imprinted with Lightman's scientific wonderment and poetic grace." -San Francisco Chronicle "Original. . . . Heartfelt. . . . Illuminating. . . . Lightman writes with his characteristic, unmannered leanness. His style takes something from the scientists who 'want to hear that call of certain truth, that clear note of a struck bell.'" -St. Louis Post-Dispatch "A fine introduction to the excitement and pleasures of science by a scientist who is a humanist in the noblest sense of the word."-Los Angeles Times "This slender volume mixes insightful scientific biographies with revealing autobiographical accounts and leavens them both with clearly told physics lessons for lay readers." -The Boston Globe "Wonderfully perceptive. . . . Finely chiseled essays." -Scientific American, " Splendidly illuminating... Imprinted with Lightman's scientific wonderment and poetic grace." -- "San Francisco Chronicle" " Original. . . . Heartfelt. . . . Illuminating. . . . Lightman writes with his characteristic, unmannered leanness. His style takes something from the scientists who ' want to hear that call of certain truth, that clear note of a struck bell.' " -- "St. Louis Post-Dispatch" " A fine introduction to the excitement and pleasures of science by a scientist who is a humanist in the noblest sense of the word." -- "Los Angeles Times" " This slender volume mixes insightful scientific biographies with revealing autobiographical accounts and leavens them both with clearly told physics lessons for lay readers." -- "The Boston Globe" " Wonderfully perceptive. . . . Finely chiseled essays." -- "Scientific American"
Table of Content
A Sense of the Mysterious Words Metaphor in Science Inventions of the Mind The Contradictory Genius The One and Only Megaton Man Dark Matter A Scientist Dying Young Portrait of the Writer as a Young Scientist Prisoner of the Wired World Acknowledgments
Dewey Decimal
501
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22

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