Alan Lightman
Alan Lightman is a physicist, novelist, and essayist from Memphis, Tennessee.
He earned a bachelor's degree in physics magna cum laude from Princeton University in 1970 where he was Phi Beta Kappa. He earned a PhD in physics from Caltech in 1974.
He currently teaches at MIT. His works include: Good Benito, Einstein's Dreams, and most recently, The Diagnosis, a strong statement about modern-day's insatiable need for speed. His fiction, essays, and academic articles have appeared in national periodicals and science journals alike.
