Alan Lightman Biography

Alan Lightman is an American physicist, novelist, essayist, and educator known for blending science with humanistic themes. A theoretical physicist with a PhD from Caltech, he has made contributions to astrophysics, including work on relativistic plasmas and black holes. He is a professor of the practice of the humanities at MIT, where he was the first to hold dual appointments in science and humanities. His bestselling novel “Einstein’s Dreams” (1992) imagines Einstein’s thoughts on time, translated into over 30 languages. Other works include “The Diagnosis” (2000), “The Accidental Universe” (2014), and “Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine” (2018). His essays appear in The New Yorker and The Atlantic, and he hosts the PBS series “Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science”.

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