{"product_id":"9780140172461","title":"Strange Attractors: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eA National Jewish Honor Book composed of seven short stories from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mind-Body Problem\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e A mathematician studies the geometry of soap bubbles and responds to the rapture of infatuation by reciting Shakespeare in Yiddish. A group of Olympian intellects is made childlike by the appearance of a double rainbow. Becky Sharp steps out of the pages of \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e to confound a pretentious philosopher. These are just some of the marvelous and unlikely things that happen in \u003ci\u003eStrange Attractors\u003c\/i\u003e—a collection of stories that explores the interactions of thought and feeling, mind and heart, to reveal the deep, mysterious ties between seemingly unrelated lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A wonderful collection . . . A picture of remarkable depth and complexity.”—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Electric and compelling . . . Rebecca Goldstein brings a keen and specially informed vision to our world.”—\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Rebecca Goldstein again probes the relationships between female intellect and emotion—this time in a sparkling, erudite collection in which brilliant women’s minds dictate their romantic attachments while their gender continues to dictate their fate.”—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47011680977136,"sku":"9780140172461","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780140172461_p0.jpg?v=1763642137","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780140172461","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}