Lightman, Alan P., 1948-

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Name (Hebrew)
ליטמן, אלן
Name (Latin)
Lightman, Alan P., 1948-
Name (Arabic)
لايتمان، آلن، 1948-
Other forms of name
Lajtman, Alan, 1948-
Lightman, Alan Paige, 1948-
ליטמאן, אלן
Date of birth
1948
Field of activity
Physics
Poetry
Social entrepreneurship
Occupation
Philanthropists
Physicists
Poets
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 9909976
Wikidata: Q2664403
Library of congress: n 79063644
Sources of Information
  • Ajnštajnovite sništa, 2004:t.p. (Alan Lajtman)
  • His Great ideas in physics, c1992:t.p. (Alan Lightman)
  • His Time travel and Papa Joe's pipe, 1984:CIP t.p. (Alan Lightman) book t.p. (Alan P. Lightman)
  • Problem book in relativity and gravitation, 1975.
  • Reunion, 2003:CIP t.p. (Alan Lightman) publisher info (born in Memphis, Tenn. in 1948; educated at Princeton and the California Institute of Technology; previous works include three novels, a collection of essays and fables, and several books on science)
  • The miraculous from the material, 2024:ECIP title page (Alan Lightman)
  • Wikipedia article, April 26, 2016:(born Nov. 28, 1928 in Memphis, Tenn.; professor of the practice of the humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; graduated from White Station high school in Memphis; AB in physics in 1970, Princeton University; PhD in theoretical physics in 1974, California Institute of Technology; assistant professor of astronomy, Harvard University, 1976-1979; research scientist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 1979-1989; in 1989, appointed joint professor of science and writing and senior lecturer in physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; has worked to combine science and the humanities in a number of ways; in 2003 founded the nonprofit Harpswell Foudnation, dedicated to founding a new generation of women leaders in Cambodia and the developing world, and he continues to be chair of its board)
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  • ספר: החלומות של איינשטיין, תשס"ז 2007.