A modern classic, Einstein’s Dreams is a fictional collage of stories dreamed by Albert Einstein in 1905, about time, relativity and physics. As the defiant but sensitive young genius is creating his theory of relativity, a new conception of time, he imagines many possible worlds. In one, time is circular, so that people are fated to repeat triumphs and failures over and over. In another, there … another, there is a place where time stands still, visited by lovers and parents clinging to their children. In another, time is a nightingale, sometimes trapped by a bell jar.
Now translated into thirty languages, Einstein’s Dreams has inspired playwrights, dancers, musicians, and painters all over the world. In poetic vignettes, it explores the connections between science and art, the process of creativity, and ultimately the fragility of human existence.
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A very thought provoking book. Whenever you hear someone else tell you a dream there is a feeling of disconnect. But this is quite interesting and will leave you thinking about time in new ways.
Not sure what the author was trying to do.
Not really inspirational. Rather thought provoking.
Everyone should read this book!! The author’s imagination and command of the subject make Eistein’s theory of relativity accessible to all adults and college students. You’ll be spinning your own fantasies of relativity, even if you never took a physics class, and it should be required reading for all techno-nerds and engineers.