This book invites you to leave behind your conceptions of time and space and take a plunge into different worlds where time runs in different ways. It invites you to imagine, explore within yourself, the differences that would arise were time perceived in a different way. What it would mean and what its effects would be. Written in short vignettes, Alan Lightman gives breath to the dreams Einstein might have had. The interweaving of imagery and feeling with a sense of other worldliness will have you reading each piece once and again. This is not a book you read in one go and set aside with a warm glow of satisfaction. This is the book you keep on your shelf so that you can read it any time you feel like you need inspiration, each time you need to wonder at the world. It is profound.
