Alan Lightman

41 books

The Accidental Universe: The World You Thought You Knew by Alan Lightman

The Accidental Universe: The World You Thought You Knew

Alan Lightman

nonfiction essays philosophy science challenging informative reflective slow-paced

157 pages | first published 2013

Ada and the Galaxies by Olga Pastuchiv, Alan Lightman, Susanna Chapman

Ada and the Galaxies

Olga Pastuchiv, Alan Lightman, Susanna Chapman

nonfiction childrens nature science informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

40 pages | first published 2021

Ancient Light: Our Changing View of the Universe by Alan Lightman

Ancient Light: Our Changing View of the Universe

Alan Lightman

nonfiction science informative medium-paced

184 pages | first published 1991

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2013 by Siddhartha Mukherjee, Tim Folger

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2013

Best American Science & Nature Writing #14

Siddhartha Mukherjee, Tim Folger with J. B. MacKinnon (Contributor), Benjamin Hale (Contributor), Tim Zimmermann (Contributor), David Deutsch (Contributor), Artur Ekert (Contributor), Michael Moyer (Contributor), Sylvia A. Earle (Contributor), John Pavlus (Contributor), Michelle Nijhuis (Contributor), Rick Bass (Contributor), Brett Forrest (Contributor), Jerome Groopman (Contributor), David Owen (Contributor), Michael Specter (Contributor), Alan Lightman (Contributor), David Quammen (Contributor), Oliver Sacks (Contributor), Elizabeth Kolbert (Contributor), Keith Gessen (Contributor), Steven Weinberg (Contributor), Gareth Cook (Contributor), Natalie Angier (Contributor), Robert M. Sapolsky (Contributor), Katherine Harmon (Contributor), Nathaniel Rich (Contributor), Stephen Marche (Contributor), Mark Bowden (Contributor), Kevin Dutton (Contributor)

nonfiction essays nature science challenging informative reflective slow-paced

339 pages | first published 2013

The Best American Science Writing 2001 by Timothy Ferris, Jesse Cohen

The Best American Science Writing 2001

Timothy Ferris, Jesse Cohen

nonfiction science informative reflective medium-paced

352 pages | first published 2001

The Best American Science Writing 2002 by Joseph D'Agnese, Jesse Cohen, Matt Ridley, Alan Lightman

The Best American Science Writing 2002

Joseph D'Agnese, Jesse Cohen, Matt Ridley, Alan Lightman

nonfiction science challenging informative medium-paced

352 pages | first published 2002

The Best American Science Writing 2005 by Jesse Cohen, Alan Lightman

The Best American Science Writing 2005

Jesse Cohen, Alan Lightman

nonfiction essays science challenging informative reflective medium-paced

320 pages | first published 2005

Dance for Two: Essays by Alan Lightman

Dance for Two: Essays

Alan Lightman

nonfiction essays philosophy science challenging slow-paced

192 pages | first published 1996

The Discoveries: Great Breakthroughs in 20th-Century Science, Including the Original Papers by Alan Lightman

The Discoveries: Great Breakthroughs in 20th-Century Science, Including the Original Papers

Alan Lightman

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced

594 pages | first published 2005

Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman

Einstein's Dreams

Alan Lightman

fiction historical literary reflective fast-paced

144 pages | first published 1992