NYT > Top Stories The 10 Best Books of 2024 By: The New York Times Books Staff 3 December 2024 at 14:24 SummarizeKey MomentsThe staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the yearβs top fiction and nonfiction. Β© Karan Singh
NYT > Science Book Review: βThe Miraculous From the Material,β by Alan Lightman By: Adam Nicolson 27 November 2024 at 13:01 SummarizeKey MomentsIn βThe Miraculous From the Material,β the best-selling author Alan Lightman examines the science behind the wonder. Β© Hauke-Christian Dittrich/Getty ImagesThe sight of morning mist rising over a meadow started the writer Alan Lightman on the project of investigating the explanations to some of the most awe-inspiring natural phenomena.