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Alan Lightman

Alan Paige Lightman (born November 28, 1948) is an American physicist, writer, and social entrepreneur. He has served on the faculties of Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and is currently a professor of the practice of the humanities at MIT. He is a contributing writer for The Atlantic magazine.

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Education
Princeton University (BA) California Institute of Technology (PhD)
Born
(1948-11-28) November 28, 1948 (age 77) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Doctoral advisor
Kip S. Thorne
Fields
Physics Creative writing
Thesis
I. Time-dependent accretion disks around compact objects. II. Theoretical frameworks for analyzing and testing gravitation theories (1974)
Workplaces
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Alan Lightman → Princeton University (BA) California Institute of Technology (PhD)
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Alan Lightman → I. Time-dependent accretion disks around compact objects. II. Theoretical frameworks for analyzing and testing gravitation theories (1974)
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Alan Lightman → Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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