{"id":116,"date":"2007-08-01T17:04:27","date_gmt":"2007-08-01T22:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/?p=116"},"modified":"2010-02-07T12:35:56","modified_gmt":"2010-02-07T17:35:56","slug":"art-science-with-alan-lightman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/art-science-with-alan-lightman\/","title":{"rendered":"Art &#038; Science with Alan Lightman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Note: This program was broadcast on WCAI, the Cape and Islands affiliate of WGBH.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Alan Lightman\" src=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/alanlightman.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mit.edu\/~humanistic\/faculty\/lightman.html\" target=\"_blank\">Alan Lightman<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mit.edu\" target=\"_blank\">MIT<\/a> physicist and best-selling author of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Einstein's_Dreams\" target=\"_blank\">Einstein&#8217;s Dreams<\/a>, is a man of unusual ability. Talented in both the sciences and the arts, he&#8217;s both left- and right-brained, a condition that confers challenges as well as benefits.<br \/>\nLightman has recently come out with a new book which explores these two realms &#8211; and it&#8217;s called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.randomhouse.com\/pantheon\/catalog\/display.pperl?isbn=9780375421693\" target=\"_blank\">Ghost<\/a>! It deals with the permeable boundary between hard science and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paranormalmagazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">paranormal<\/a> &#8212; and asks, where does science fail us, and what, if anything, can take its place? Does mystery take over? And can it step in where science falls short?<br \/>\nClick here: <a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/lightman-final.mp3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/mike.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> to listen (28:30 minutes) on ThoughtCast!<\/p>\n<p>And to listen Alan Lightman on WGBH&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.wgbh.org\/wgbh\/\" target=\"_blank\">Forum Network<\/a>, click <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.wgbh.org\/wgbh\/forum.php?lecture_id=3073\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> &#8212; and <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.wgbh.org\/wgbh\/forum.php?lecture_id=2060\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5714\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-116-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/lightman-final.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/lightman-final.mp3\">https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/lightman-final.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/lightman-final.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/?powerpress_pinw=116-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/lightman-final.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"lightman-final.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: This program was broadcast on WCAI, the Cape and Islands affiliate of WGBH. Alan Lightman, the MIT physicist and best-selling author of Einstein&#8217;s Dreams, is a man of unusual ability. Talented in both the sciences and the arts, he&#8217;s both left- and right-brained, a condition that confers challenges as well as benefits. 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