Alan Lightman
Biography
Alan Lightman
Alan Lightman is the author of six novels, including the international bestseller EINSTEIN'S DREAMS and THE DIAGNOSIS, which was a National Book Award finalist. He is also the author of two collections of essays and several books on science. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, Granta, Harper’s Magazine, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books and Nature, among other publications. A theoretical physicist as well as a writer, he has served on the faculties of Harvard and MIT, where he was the first person to receive a dual faculty appointment in science and the humanities. He lives in the Boston area.
Alan Lightman
