Brian Greene
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Brian Greene is a professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University; a popular author, lecturer, and TV commentator on science-related topics; and host and narrator of the award-winning PBS series The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos, both based on his books of the same name.
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Primary Contributions (1)
String theory, in particle physics, a theory that attempts to merge quantum mechanics with Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity. The name string theory comes from the modeling of subatomic particles as tiny one-dimensional “stringlike” entities rather than the more conventional approach…
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Publications (3)
The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos (November 2011)
The bestselling author of The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos tackles perhaps the most mind-bending question in modern physics and cosmology: Is our universe the only universe?There was a time when "universe" meant all there is. Everything. Yet, a number of theories are converging on the possibility that our universe may be but one among many parallel universes populating a vast multiverse. Here, Briane Greene, one of our foremost physicists and science writers,...
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Icarus at the Edge of Time (September 2008)
Book Details:
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- Format: Board Book \n
- Publication Date: 9/2/2008 \n
- Pages: 34 \n
The Fabric of the Cosmos (2004)
From Brian Greene, one of the world’s leading physicists and author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Elegant Universe, comes a grand tour of the universe that makes us look at reality in a completely different way.Space and time form the very fabric of the cosmos. Yet they remain among the most mysterious of concepts. Is space an entity? Why does time have a direction? Could the universe exist without space and time? Can we travel to the past? Greene has set himself a daunting...
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