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art focus of lecture Alan Lightman, adjunct professor of humanities, physics and creative writing at Massachusetts Institute of Technology will speak about the difference between the way scientists and artists see the world at the 40th annual TCU Honors Convocation.
“Creativity in general is what I want to convey to the students,” Lightman said. “They already have it, I just want to bring it out.” Kathryne S. McDorman, director of The Honors Program, said Lightman was chosen to speak because his book, “Einstein’s Dreams” (1993), has been used in the Honors Intellectual Traditions Class. “It is so rare to meet an interdisciplinary scholar that seems to fit with the honors program,” McDorman said. “He will set us all to thinking about science and art.” Lightman received his bachelor’s degree in physics from Princeton University in 1970, and earned his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology while training as a theoretical astrophysicist in 1974. He taught at Cornell University and Harvard University and was appointed professor of science and writing at MIT in 1989. “I love speaking to young people,” Lightman said. “I find college students stimulating. They are the lifeblood of the country.” Lightman is an accomplished physicist who makes his ideas accessible through art, McDorman said. “Science and art see the world so differently, but come together in his work,” she said. Lightman, who has written 12 books that have been translated into 30 languages said, “I want to share my excitement about living and creativity.” Honors
Convocation will also include the induction of Phi Beta Kappa Elects
and the presentation of the 2002 Honors Faculty Recognition Award. “This is a gift that we make available to everybody to celebrate the idea of academic striving,” McDorman said. The TCU Honors Convocation is 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. today in Ed Landreth Auditorium. Alisha
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