Mr g

Resumen del libro

Mr g is a celebration of the highs and lows of existence, on the grandest possible scale: the story of Creation, as told by God, from the internationally bestselling author of Einstein's Dreams.

Once before there was a time, God woke up from a nap and decided to create the universe. From his home in the shimmering Void, which he shares with his always-bickering Aunt Penelope and Uncle Deva, Mr g creates time, space, and matter. Through trial and error-Mr g is all powerful, but not all knowing-follow stars, planets, animate matter, consciousness, and intelligent beings with moral dilemmas. But the creation of space and time has unintended consequences, including the arrival of Belhor, a clever and devious rival who's not afraid to offer his own opinions on Mr g's fledgling universes, including the necessity of evil. As Mr g's favorite universe grows into stability and maturity, he sees how the act of creation has changed the Creator as well.

Alan Lightman is the author of five previous novels, a book-length narrative poem, two collections of essays, and several books on science. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, Granta,The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, and Nature, among other publications. A theoretical physicist as well as a novelist, he has served on the faculties of Harvard and MIT, and was the first person to receive a dual faculty appointment at MIT in science and in the humanities. He is also the founding director of the Harpswell Foundation, which works to empower a new generation of women leaders in Cambodia.

Biografía del autor

Alan Lightman nació en Memphis, Tennessee, en 1948. Estudió en Princeton y en el Instituto de Tecnología de California, donde se doctoró en física teórica. Trabajó como científico investigador en astronomía y física durante dos décadas, y fue profesor de ambas materias en la universidad de Harvard y en el MIT. Es autor de seis novelas, entre las que destacan x{0026}lt;i Los sueños de Einstein x{0026}lt;/i (1993; Libros del Asteroide, 2019), un best seller internacional traducido a más de treinta lenguas, y x{0026}lt;i El diagnósticox{0026}lt;/i (2000), finalista del National Book Award. Sus artículos han sido publicados en The New York Review of Books, The New York Times y The New Yorker, entre otros. Vive en Massachusetts, donde trabaja como profesor adjunto de humanidades en el MIT.