Brian Greene

Dr. Brian Greene (born February 9, 1963) is a physicist and one of the world's foremost string theorists. As of 2003, he is a professor at Columbia University. Born in New York City, Greene was a child prodigy in mathematics. At the age of five, he could multiply 30-digit numbers. His skill in mathematics was so great that by the time he was twelve years old, he was being privately tutored in mathematics by a Columbia University professor because he had surpassed the high-school math level. He entered Harvard in 1980 to major in physics, and with his bachelor's degree, Greene went to Oxford University, in England, as a Rhodes Scholar.

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February 9 - 1963 - Physicist - String theorists - 2003 - Professor - Columbia University - New York City - Child prodigy - Rhodes Scholar

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His book ' (1999) was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in nonfiction. He also occasionally enjoys acting, helping John Lithgow with scientific dialogue for the series "Third Rock from the Sun," and he had a cameo role in the film "Frequency."

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Dr. Greene is the author of The Elegant Universe, a popularization of superstring theory and M-theory, and winner of The Aventis Prizes for Science Books in 2000. The book talks about and opens an argument on how Calabi-Yau manifolds, as the multi-dimensional (11D, 16D, 26D) points, comprise our space-time. The Elegant Universe was later made into a PBS television special with Dr. Greene as the narrator. His second book, The Fabric of the Cosmos, is about space, time, and the nature of the universe. Interesting aspects covered in this book include non-local particle entanglement as it relates to special relativity and basic explanations of string theory. Brian Greene's follow-up to The Elegant Universe is an insightful examination into the very nature of matter and reality. Topics covered include spacetime and cosmology, orgins and unification, along with an exploration into reality and the imagination.

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Superstring theory - M-theory - The Aventis Prizes for Science Books - 2000 - Calabi-Yau - Manifold - Space-time - PBS - The Fabric of the Cosmos

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