| Novelist
and physicist Alan Lightman to visit USU
The Utah State University Department
of English Speakers Series presents Alan Lightman in
three public events Jan. 24.
He will be part of a roundtable discussion focusing
on writing in and about the sciences at 9:30 a.m. in
Eccles Conference Center Room 307-09. At 3 p.m. in the
Kent Concert Hall, as the Moyle Q. Rice lecturer, Lightman
will deliver a public talk, “The Physicist as
Novelist.” Finally, at 7 p.m. in the Caine Room
(Family Life Building 212) Lightman will conduct a master
class.
All events are free and open to the public, with support
by the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation, ASUSU, the College
of Science, and the department of English at USU.
Author of several books, including most recently Einstein’s
Dreams, Lightman is a novelist, essayist, physicist,
and educator. Currently, he is adjunct professor of
humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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