Alan Lightman

Alan Lightman is a novelist, essayist, physicist, and educator. Currently, he is John Burchard Professor of Humanities and senior lecturer in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is married to Jean Greenblatt Lightman, a painter, and has two daughters, Elyse and Kara. Lightman's books have been translated into 30 languages. He has written countless essays on the... read full bio