{"product_id":"searching-for-stars-on-an-island-in-maine","title":"Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eSearching for Stars on an Island in Maine\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eAlan Lightman\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780525432593\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eVintage\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2019\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e240\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eEinstein's Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e--\"an elegant and moving paean to our spiritual quest for meaning in an age of science\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review). \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe basis for the public television series \u003ci\u003eSEARCHING\u003c\/i\u003e with Alan Lightman.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a physicist, Alan Lightman has always held a scientific view of the world. But one summer evening, while looking at the stars from a small boat at sea, Lightman was overcome by the overwhelming sensation that he was merging with something larger than himself--an eternal unity, something absolute and immaterial. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The result is an inspired, lyrical meditation from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eEinstein's Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e that explores these seemingly contradictory impulses. Lightman draws on sources ranging from Saint Augustine's conception of absolute truth to Einstein's theory of relativity, and gives us a profound inquiry into the human desire for truth and meaning, and a journey along the different paths of religion and science that become part of that quest. This small but provocative book explores the tension between our yearning for certainty and permanence versus the modern scientific view that all things in the physical world are uncertain and impermanent.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine | Alan Lightman | Paperback | 9780525432593 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks G 1746705","offer_id":48841951314072,"sku":"1746705","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/91AsFQRhqbL.jpg?v=1775232217","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/searching-for-stars-on-an-island-in-maine","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}