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(1948- )
Alan Lightman was born in Memphis Tennessee. He attended Princeton and got his Ph.D at the California Institute of Technology. He is a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lightman has received many awards for scientific and humanitarian achievements. His novel Einstein’s Dreams was an international bestseller. At MIT, Lightman is working on astrophysical processes under extreme temperatures and densities.
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Mr. g: A Novel About the Creation by Alan Lightman
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Alan Lightman is a physicist and a writer who often merges the scientific and the artistic in his work, both fiction and non-fiction. His newest novella, Mr. g: A Novel About the Creation,
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Previous SFF Author: Kim Liggett
I might say "formulaic" actually.
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It's a tightrope act for sure.
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