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Rebecca Goldstein

American novelist, short story writer, biographer, philosopher (b. 1950)

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    Born 1950
  • Known for
    A Trip to Infinity
    2022
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Updated 2026-06-30

Rebecca Goldstein is an American philosopher and novelist. She has written ten books, both fiction and nonfiction. She holds a Ph.D. in philosophy of science from Princeton University, and is sometimes grouped with novelists such as Richard Powers and Alan Lightman, who create fiction that is knowledgeable of, and sympathetic toward, science.

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