Dr. Alan Lightman, a professor of physics and humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, speaks with the John Templeton Foundation about how he finds meaning, mystery, and a sense of comfort in a universe whose natural laws seem to communicate a clear message: despite our yearning for permanence, nothing–not even the universe itself–lasts forever.
With support from the John Templeton Foundation, Lightman is developing a documentary film about discovering meaning in an age of science.