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๐ Fiction
๐
1984
๐ Penguin
๐ en-us
โ 249 KB
๐ 1 views
โฆ LIBER โฆ
Dance for Two Selected Essays
โ Scribed by Alan Lightman
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group;Pantheon Books
- Year
- 2011;1996
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 93 KB
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0307789624
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
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.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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