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Properties of Light : A Novel of Love, Betrayal, and Quantum Phys
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- Publication Name
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- ISBN
- 9780395986592
- Book Title
- Properties of Light : a Novel of Love, Betrayal, and Quantum Physics
- Item Length
- 8.2in
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Publication Year
- 2000
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Literary, Romance / Suspense
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 14.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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A grand gothic novel of the outer reaches of passion -- of the body and of the mind -- PROPERTIES OF LIGHT is a mesmerizing tale of consuming love and murderous professional envy that carries the reader into the very heart of a physics problem so huge and perplexing it thwarted even Einstein: the nature of light. Caught in the entanglements of erotic and intellectual passion are three physicists: Samuel Mallach is a brilliant theoretician unhinged by the professional glory he feels has beenstolen from him; Dana is his intriguing and gifted daughter, whose desperate devotion to her father contributes to the tragic undoing of Justin Childs, her lover and her father's protege. All three are working together to solve some of the deepest and most controversial problems in quantum mechanics, problems that challenge our understanding of the "real world" and of the nature of time. The book grapples with these elusive mysteries, but at its heart is a fiery love story of startling urgency. Insights into quantum mechanics and relativity theory are attached to the nerve fibers of human emotions, and these connections are alive with poignancy and pathos. For these characters, the passion to know and understand, like the desire for love, is full of terrible risk, holding out possibilities for heartbreak as well as for ecstasy. The true subject of Properties of Light is the ecstatic response to reality, perhaps the only response that can embrace the erotic and the poetic, the scientific and the spiritual. Written with, and about, a rare form of passion, this incandescent novel is fiction at its most daring and utterly original.
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0395986591
ISBN-13
9780395986592
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1634228
Product Key Features
Book Title
Properties of Light : a Novel of Love, Betrayal, and Quantum Physics
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Literary, Romance / Suspense
Publication Year
2000
Type
Textbook
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
14.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3557.O398p76 2000
Edition Description
Teacher's Edition
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Goldstein brings . . . an ability to . . . reveal . . . the large and immutable principles that stand . . . behind even the smallest and most intimate gestures., Chronicles the quest of three physicists seeking to reconcile quantum mechanics and relativity theory ... bewitchingly ethereal ... gracefully deconstructs our contradictory impulses., "Brilliantly told . . . Goldstein's style is magnetic, with a poetic economy... She makes the physics fascinating." Boston Globe "Chronicles the quest of three physicists seeking to reconcile quantum mechanics and relativity theory ... bewitchingly ethereal ... gracefully deconstructs our contradictory impulses." Publishers Weekly "Goldstein brings . . . an ability to . . . reveal . . . the large and immutable principles that stand . . . behind even the smallest and most intimate gestures." Elle "Goldstein certainly writes with knowledge of both science and emotion, shining light on both for her readers." Library Journal Starred "A brilliant novel by a master of the world of ideas, the English language, and the human heart." -- Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind Works "Explores the powerful tension between our desire to know and our desire to love, revealing the dangers inherent in both." Memphis Commercial Appeal, Goldstein certainly writes with knowledge of both science and emotion, shining light on both for her readers., Brilliantly told . . . Goldstein's style is magnetic, with a poeticeconomy... She makes the physics fascinating., "A brilliant novel by a master of the world of ideas, the English language, and the human heart." -- Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind Works, Explores the powerful tension between our desire to know and our desire to love, revealing the dangers inherent in both.
Copyright Date
2000
Target Audience
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Lccn
99-049994
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Dewey Edition
21
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