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Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman
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I have read Calvino's Invisible Cities and there are similarities of structure and an equally high level of imagination. Each "dream" is a gem, having facets which include philosophy and science. As gems, though the book can be read "at the speed of light," a slower place provides additional opportunities to consider the nature of humankind and the wonder of science.

I may have to re-read this book in light of Lightman's recent essay on the nature of the "multiverse."
*see The Best American Essays of 2012
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Cecily I read this before Calvino and thought it wonderfully inventive!
I still think it's good, but it's nowhere near as original as I'd assumed.


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