Brian Greene
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BIOGRAPHY

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)
What is string theory?
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
The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos (November 2011)
By Brian Greene
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
Icarus at the Edge of Time (September 2008)
By Brian Greene

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  • Format: Board Book
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  • Publication Date: 9/2/2008
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  • Pages: 34
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The Fabric of the Cosmos
The Fabric of the Cosmos (2004)
By Brian Greene
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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