Lightman's
previous books include EINSTEIN'S DREAMS, GOOD BENITO, and DANCE
FOR TWO. A professor of humanities and a lecturer in physics at
MIT, he lives in Boston.
MR G is the story of Creation as told by God, or “Mr g.” Mr g is all powerful but not all knowing, and he does much of his invention by trial and error. As he watches his favorite universe grow, he begins to understand how the act of creation can change himself, the Creator.