Alan p lightman (142 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Benito adores the rationality of physics and pursues it with a religious fervour. He finds very little rationality in his affairs with women however, they make no sense to him.

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Unusually gifted as both a physicist and a novelist, Alan Lightman has lived in the dual worlds of science and art for much of his life. In these brilliant essays, the two worlds meet. In A Sense of the Mysterious, Lightman records his personal struggles to reconcile certainty with uncertainty, logic with intuition, questions with answers and questions without. Lightman explores the emotional life of science, the power of metaphor and imagination in science, the creative moment, the different uses of language in science and literature, and the alternate ways in which scientists and humanists think about the world. Included are in-depth portraits of some of the great scientists of our time: Albert Einstein, Richard Feynman, Edward Teller, and astronomer Vera Rubin. Rather than finding a forbidding gulf between the two cultures, as did the physicist and novelist C. P. Snow fifty years ago, Lightman discovers complementary ways of looking at the world, both part of being human. Original, thoughtful, and beautifully written, A Sense of the Mysterious confirms Alan Lightman's unique position at the crossroads of science and art. From the Hardcover edition.…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show minor shelving wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

paperback. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Reunion This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. One day Bill Charmers, a junior executive, realizes that he cannot remember where he is or even who he is. His memory returns and he descends into a mental nightmare. With no conclusive medical answers, his wife thinks he is imagining it, while his colleagues are oblivious to his suffering. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Early one summer morning in 1905, a young patent clerk wakes from a dream at his desk. He is Albert Einstein. The reader witnesses Einstein's dreams of new worlds - visions of the effect on people's lives when time is circular or flows backwards, slows down or takes the form of a nightingale.…

paperback. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A tan to the pages.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good.

Zustand: Fair. : En 'Los sueños de Einstein', Alan Lightman nos transporta a 1905, un año crucial en la vida de Albert Einstein, donde el joven físico trabaja en una oficina de patentes en Suiza. A través de una serie de viñetas oníricas, Lightman explora las múltiples posibilidades del tiempo y el universo, imaginadas por Einstein mientras desarrolla su teoría de la relatividad. Cada sueño presenta una concepción diferente del tiempo: circular, detenido, fragmentado, ofreciendo una reflexión poética sobre la ciencia, el arte y la condición humana. Esta edición de Corsair, publicada en 2012, es una invitación a contemplar la fragilidad de nuestra existencia y la naturaleza del tiempo. EAN: 9781780335575 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: Einstein's Dreams Autor: Alan P. Lightman Editorial: Constable And Robinson Idioma: en Páginas: 144 Formato: tapa blanda.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. 2nd. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Paperback. Zustand: New. This is a collection of essays which display the author's talent for bringing literary and scientific concerns into harmony. These meditations touch upon both the ethereal and the corporeal: the dependence of a ballerina on the laws of physics; the chice every scientist makes between tinkering and theorizing; the unscientific nature of discovery; the mystery of human flight without propellers; and the impulse behind the unprompted smile. In "Dance for Two", Alan Lightman offers readers a look into the creative complusions shared by the scientist and the artist, and a glimpse as well into his own imagination. Alan Lightman is the author of "Einstein's Dreams".…

hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Leichte Verformung / umgeknickte Seiten. Charles is a professor at a college, a once promising poet, admiring of passion but without passion himself. He decides to attend his 30th college reunion - and there witnesses a replay of his last year in college. Struggling with memories that often appear contradictory, Charles confronts the series of devastating events that changed his life.…

Lightman, Alan P. The Diagnosis. New York: Pantheon Books, 2000, stated First Edition, 369pp., very good dust-jacket, original price $25.00, very good red brown hardcover. 1st printing with number line ending in 1. - A novel by a physicist. - "a brilliant and disturbing examination of our modern obsession with speed, information, and money, and what this obsession has done to our minds and our spirits" (jacket text). ISBN 9780679436157.…

First Edition. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Lightman's first book, a book of essays on the human side of science. A very good copy with some foxing in an about very good dust jacket with some minor staining to the verso and some creasing to the front flap.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Both book and dustjacket are in excellent condition. What the author gives us "is a profound inquiry into the human desire for truth and meaning, and a journey along the different paths of religion and science that become part of that quest." ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 226 pages.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. Clean pages.

Zustand: Good. : Sumérgete en un viaje onírico a través de la mente de Albert Einstein en 'Los sueños de Einstein' de Alan Lightman. Publicado en 1994 por Warner Books, este libro de 179 páginas explora diferentes concepciones del tiempo a través de los sueños del famoso físico. Cada sueño presenta un mundo donde el tiempo se comporta de manera diferente, invitando a la reflexión sobre nuestra propia percepción del tiempo y la realidad. Una obra que fusiona la ciencia y la ficción de manera magistral. EAN: 9780446670111 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción|Ciencia Ficción|Filosofía Título: Einstein's dreams Autor: Alan P. Lightman Idioma: eng Páginas: 179 Formato: Tapa blanda Año de publicación: 1994.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung. From the author of the best-selling Einstein's Dreams comes a wonderfully original, deeply moving, and wryly funny novel about the clash between the absolutes of science and the vagaries of human experience. Bennett always knew he would live a life of science. From the homemade rockets and experiments of his childhood to the complex equations he solved as a professor of physics, his vision has transformed the uncertainty and frailty of life into an order and beauty that he inhabits with deep satisfaction. But his vision betrays him, revealing a profound incompleteness, an inadequacy to confront the contradictions his life: the black maid who raises him and loves him but cannot welcome him into her own house, the mentally absent father who wishes he'd died a hero in World War II, the self-destructive wife who invites Bennett's cruelty. As Bennett struggles between reason and intuition, he slowly learns to allow the imperfections of daily life--the chaos he has worked so hard to control--to broaden his understanding of the world and his place in it. Written with lyrical sparseness, hilarity mixed with sadness, the story of Bennett's struggle becomes both a beautifully rendered portrait of the emotional life of a scientist and a resonant tale of the disillusionment that haunts us all. From the Hardcover edition.…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Hardcover 1982 edition. Text, dust jacket, and boards in very good condition. Binding firm. Text free from markings. {246 pages}.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. An essential resource for learning about general relativity and much more, from four leading experts Important and useful to every student of relativity, this book is a unique collection of some 475 problems--with solutions--in the fields of special and general relativity, gravitation, relativistic astrophysics, and cosmology. The problems are expressed in broad physical terms to enhance their pertinence to readers with diverse backgrounds. In their solutions, the authors have attempted to convey a mode of approach to these kinds of problems, revealing procedures that can reduce the labor of calculations while avoiding the pitfall of too much or too powerful formalism. Although well suited for individual use, the volume may also be used with one of the modem textbooks in general relativity. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Gut. 207 S. : Ill. , Das hier angebotene Buch stammt aus einer teilaufgelösten Bibliothek und kann die entsprechenden Kennzeichnungen aufweisen (Rückenschild, Instituts-Stempel.); der Buchzustand ist ansonsten ordentlich und dem Alter entsprechend gut. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 160.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Gut. 255 S. ; 16 cm Das gebrauchte Taschenbuch ist gut erhalten. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 190.

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 124 pp. An excellent, spotlessly clean copy! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially and virtually flawless copy with crisp pages, spotlessly clean text, and very light shelf wear. Dust jacket shows minor wear and cuts around edges. Neil Stuart (Jacket Design); Lagoon Nebula (Jacket Photo); Liney Li (Design) (illustrator).…