I was lucky enough to get some books for Christmas to keep me occupied while waiting in the pick up line for my child after school. I’m a big fan of books about math – I don’t mean text books but more like history books that deal with a math topic. You may ask how I manage to pass the time with that kind of stuff but it’s really interesting. I was thinking about how I got started on this weird path and that story comes with a book recommendation. Many years ago it seemed like everyone was talking about Hawking’s ‘A Brief History of Time’ and I bought it just to see if I could get through it (I couldn’t), but as I checked out, the bookseller made note of what I was buying and suggested that I read ‘Einstein’s Dreams’ by Alan Lightman. It’s a fiction book that is amazing. It deal with time and the universe in small, poetically written snippets. It is in no way overwhelming or dense and technical jargon is absent. It is a beautiful book and I highly recommend it for anyone who likes even one of the following: literature, math, physics, philosophy, history, life, nothing.