Alan Lightman
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Alan Lightman is an American author, physicist, and social entrepreneur, best known for his work at the intersection of science and the humanities. He was born on April 3, 1948, in Memphis, Tennessee. Lightman is a former professor of the practice of natural philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and has written extensively on both scientific topics and philosophical questions.