In Praise of Wasting Time

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Product Details
Price
$16.99  $15.80
Publisher
Simon & Schuster/ Ted
Publish Date
Pages
128
Dimensions
5.3 X 0.8 X 7.3 inches | 0.55 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781501154362

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About the Author
Alan Lightman is a physicist, novelist, and essayist. He was educated at Princeton University and at the California Institute of Technology, where he received a PhD in theoretical physics. Lightman is the author of five novels, including the international bestseller Einstein's Dreams, two collections of essays, a book-­length narrative poem, and several books on science. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Granta, The New Yorker, and The New York Review of Books, among other publications.
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"Our most important human capacities for creativity and our relationships to ourselves and others are under attack by our preoccupation with our devices. We need new practices to turn this around and reclaim our humanity. But here Lightman's special achievement is to make this familiar story come alive with personal urgency and new clarity. What has for too long seemed like a contentious position is here presented as compassionate common sense. For isn't it simple common sense to do what will makes us stay human? It is good to hear a call to arms expressed so beautifully. Bravo."

--SHERRY TURKLE, Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology, MIT, and author of Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in A Digital Age.