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Brian Randolph Greene (born February 9, 1963) is an American physicist. Greene was a physics professor at Cornell University from 1990–1995, and has been a professor at Columbia University since 1996 and chairman of the World Science Festival since co-founding it in 2008.
Brian Greene is a professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University. Professor Greene is world-renowned for his groundbreaking discoveries in the field of superstring theory, including the co-discovery of mirror symmetry and the discovery of spatial topology change.
Brian Greene, American physicist who greatly popularized string theory through his television shows and his books, the latter of which included The Elegant Universe (1999) and The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality (2004). Learn more about Greene’s life and career.
Brian Greene is well-known for his general-level writings. His first book, The Elegant Universe, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction and won Britain’s top prize for a book on science.
Brian Greene (@bgreene) is a physicist, author, and host of the World Science Festival. Follow him on Twitter to get insights on the wonders of the universe, the latest scientific discoveries, and his upcoming projects.
Brian Greene is perhaps the best-known proponent of superstring theory, the idea that minuscule strands of energy vibrating in a higher dimensional space-time create every particle and force in the universe.
Brian Greene is a professor of Physics and Mathematics at Columbia University, and Director of Columbia’s Center for Theoretical Physics. He is recognized for a number of groundbreaking discoveries in mathematical physics and superstring theory.
In this visually rich, action-packed talk, Brian Greene shows how the unanswered questions of physics (starting with a big one: What caused the Big Bang?) have led to the theory that our own universe is just one of many in the "multiverse."
Explore some of the best moments from Brian Greene at the World Science Fe...
Theoretical physicist Brian Greene, PhD, has been challenged to explain the nature of time to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a grad student, and an expert. ...more. Time...
