Amodernclassic,Einstein’sDreamsisafictionalcollageofstoriesdreamedbyAlbertEinsteinin1905,whenheworkedinapatentofficeinSwitzerland.Asthedefiantbutsensitiveyounggeniusiscreatinghistheoryofrelativity,anewconceptionoftime,heimaginesmanypossibleworlds.Inone,timeiscircular,sothatpeoplearefatedtorepeattriumphsandfailuresoverandover.Inanother,thereisaplacewheretimestandsstill,visitedbyloversandparentsclingingtotheirchildren.Inanother,timeisanightingale,sometimestrappedbyabelljar.
Nowtranslatedintothirtylanguages,Einstein’sDreamshasinspiredplaywrights,dancers,musicians,andpaintersallovertheworld.Inpoeticvignettes,itexplorestheconnectionsbetweenscienceandart,theprocessofcreativity,andultimatelythefragilityofhumanexistence.