New York: Pantheon, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His second novel, after the highly praised "Einstein's Dreams." This also deals with the emotional life of a scientist, and as a teacher of physics at MIT, Lightman knows the world he writes of. A spare novel, both funny and sad, in a small format. SIGNED on the half title page. 214 pp. ISBN: 0-679-436146.