Einstein's Dreams is a 1992 novel by Alan Lightman. (ISBN 0-446-67011-1) The novel fictionalizes Albert Einstein as a young scientist who is troubled by dreams as he works on his theory of relativity in 1905. The book consists of 30 chapters, each exploring one dream about time that Einstein had during this period. The framework of the book consists of a prelude, three interludes, and an epilogue. Einstein's friend, Michele Besso, appears in these sections.

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  • Einstein's Dreams is a 1992 novel by Alan Lightman. (ISBN 0-446-67011-1) The novel fictionalizes Albert Einstein as a young scientist who is troubled by dreams as he works on his theory of relativity in 1905. The book consists of 30 chapters, each exploring one dream about time that Einstein had during this period. The framework of the book consists of a prelude, three interludes, and an epilogue. Einstein's friend, Michele Besso, appears in these sections. Each dream involves a conception of time. Some scenarios may involve exaggerations of true phenomena related to relativity, and some may be entirely fantastical. The book demonstrates the relationship each human being has to time, and thus spiritually affirms Einstein's theory of relativity. Einstein's Dreams was an international bestseller and has been translated into thirty languages. It was runner up for the 1994 L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award. Einstein's Dreams was also the March 1998 selection for National Public Radio's "Talk of the Nation" Book Club. The novel has been used in numerous colleges and universities, in many cases for university-wide adoptions in "common-book" programs. An off-off-Broadway adaptation of the novel ran briefly in 2003. (en)
  • Os Sonhos de Einstein (no original, Einstein's Dreams) é um livro do escritor estadunidense Alan Lightman, publicado em 1993. O livro é baseado menos na figura de Albert Einstein do que nas possíbilidades dentro de cada leitor em imaginar o tempo e a existência. A personagem de Einstein aparece em alguns momentos infrequentes no livro, sempre em momentos de sua vida que não o de cientista. O livro consiste em trinta pequenos esquetes datados, que descrevem a vivência do tempo, cada um dos quais um sonho fictício do jovem Albert Einstein. Pelos trinta sonhos e três interlúdios encontram-se comentários sobre o conceito de tempo absoluto de Sir Isaac Newton, a teoria especial da relatividade, a segunda lei da termodinâmica e o conceito de eternidade cristão. (pt)
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  • Einstein's Dreams is a 1992 novel by Alan Lightman. (ISBN 0-446-67011-1) The novel fictionalizes Albert Einstein as a young scientist who is troubled by dreams as he works on his theory of relativity in 1905. The book consists of 30 chapters, each exploring one dream about time that Einstein had during this period. The framework of the book consists of a prelude, three interludes, and an epilogue. Einstein's friend, Michele Besso, appears in these sections. (en)
  • Os Sonhos de Einstein (no original, Einstein's Dreams) é um livro do escritor estadunidense Alan Lightman, publicado em 1993. (pt)
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  • Einstein's Dreams (en)
  • Os Sonhos de Einstein (pt)
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