Dance for Two

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.

ALAN LIGHTMAN was born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1948 and was educated at Princeton and at the California Institute of Technology. He has written for Granta, Harper's, The New Yorker, and The New York Review of Books. His books include Origins, Ancient Light, Great Ideas in Physics, Time for the Stars, and two novels, Einstein's Dreams and Good Benito. He is Burchard Professor of Science and Writing, and senior lecturer in physics, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Foreword
Pas de Deux	p. 3
A Flash of Light	p. 6
Smile	p. 12
Is the Earth Round or Flat?	p. 17
If Birds Can Fly, Why, Oh Why, Can't I?	p. 22
Students and Teachers	p. 29
Time Travel and Papa Joe's Pipe	p. 39
In His Image	p. 45
Mirage	p. 54
To Cleave an Atom	p. 58
Elapsed Expectations	p. 68
A Visit by Mr. Newton	p. 73
Origins	p. 79
A Day in December	p. 84
Progress	p. 87
I = V/R	p. 94
Nothing but the Truth	p. 100
Time for the Stars	p. 107
A Modern-Day Yankee in a Connecticut Court	p. 117
The Origin of the Universe	p. 133
How the Camel Got His Hump	p. 142
Ironland	p. 145
Other Rooms	p. 151
Seasons	p. 159
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