Book: Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman

"It is ten minutes past six by the invisible clock on the wall. Minute by minute new objects gain form. In the dim light of morning, the young patent clerk sprawls in his chair, head down on his desk. For the past several months, he has dreamed many dreams about time. His dreams have taken hold of his research. But the dreaming is finished. Out of many possible natures of time, imagined in as many nights, one seems compelling. Not that the others are impossible. The others might exist in other worlds. The patent clerk is Albert Einstein. In his dreams he imagines new worlds, in which time can be circular, or flow backwards, or slow down at higher altitudes, or take the form of a nightingale.... Salman Rushdie has called this book "Intellectually provocative and touching and comic and so very beautifully written. Quite frankly I haven't been so excited by a novel, let alone a first novel, for a very long time"." This is a fictionalized version of Albert Einstein as a young scientist in 1905. He is troubled by dreams as he works on his theory of relativity. Each of the 30 chapters explores one dream about the concept of Time. An internationally bestselling novel. Paperback, 1993. This copy has deckled edges and is in excellent pre-owned/vintage condition. No tears, marks, or missing pages.