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Please, Mr. Einstein
Jean-Claude Carričre Translated from the French by John Brownjohn
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9780151014224 Hardcover
0151014221
$22.00
192pages
Available
Trim Size:
5-5/16 x 8
Copyright Year:
2006
Territory:
US, O (-EU)
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Synopsis |
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“You said that time doesn’t exist,” she says, “so I took the liberty of coming to see you.”
“You did the right thing,” he replies without taking his eyes off her.
She is a student with some questions about physics. And he is Albert Einstein, the man who redefined the true nature of reality in the twentieth century. More than sixty years after his death, she finds him in an office building in an indeterminate central European city, ready and eager to give a private lesson. And so begins an unusual, wide-ranging conversation. They discuss relativity, light, and space-time. But Einstein also talks about the difficulty of fame and power and how his dreams of worldwide peace were shattered. He points to a stack of photographs, books about him, newspapers. “ ‘It still goes on,’ she says. ‘I thought about putting on an Einstein T-shirt but in the end, I didn’t dare . . . ’ ‘You must be joking,’ he says, ‘I’ve even worn one myself.’”
This book is one of a kind: a surprising and delightful journey through the life and thought of Albert Einstein.
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Praise |
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"The time travel that Einstein predicted in his revolutionary physics wonderfully harmonizes with the time travel Carriere delivers through fictional wizardry."
Bryce Christensen,Booklist,6/15/2006
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Biography |
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JEAN-CLAUDE CARRIČRE is a writer, playwright, and screen­writer. He is the coauthor of Conversations About the End of Time (with Stephen Jay Gould, Umberto Eco, and others). He has worked closely with Peter Brook, Luis Buńuel, and Jean-Luc Godard on prize-winning films, including Belle du Jour, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, and The Tin Drum. He lives in Paris.
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General Subjects |
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Fiction- Alternative History
Fiction- General
Science- Physics
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Rights Details |
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Serial: Harcourt
Audio/UK: Harvill Secker (Random House UK Ltd.)
Performance/Translation: Editions Odile Jacob
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Rights Information |
Harcourt Books
An imprint ofHarcourt Trade Publishers
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Harcourt Education Company
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