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It’s Easy to Teach Kids to Love Science. So Why Do We Keep Failing at It?
Science needs to be about discovery, not rote memorization.
August 13, 2015
Science and Art Are Not Separate Disciplines
Artists and scientists alike strive "to figure out the deep truths of reality," explains physicist Brian Greene. The ways they pursue that goal are different, but there's no reason why two segments of society seeking answers can't work together.
July 16, 2015
Here's What Brian Greene's Gut Is Telling Him About Intelligent Life in the Universe
Is there intelligent life out there in the universe? Theoretical physicist Brian Greene explains why that's a more complicated question that it appears.
June 30, 2015
If Your Computer Existed in Multiple Universes, It Would Be Way Faster
Theoretical physicist Brian Greene gives a crash course on quantum computing in two minutes.
June 16, 2015
Time Travel is Possible. Einstein Taught Us That.
Is the time we experience in our day-to-day lives real? Theoretical physicist Brian Greene explores the potential particles of time and why we could, in theory, travel forward in time but not back.
May 27, 2015
Brian Greene
Brian Greene is an American theoretical physicist and string theorist. He has been a professor at Columbia University since 1996 and chairman of the World Science Festival since co-founding it in 2008. Greene has worked on mirror symmetry, relating two different Calabi–Yau manifolds (concretely, relating the conifold to one of its orbifolds). He also described the flop transition, a mild form of topology change, showing that topology in string theory can change at the conifold point.
Greene has become known to a wider audience through his books for the general public, The Elegant Universe, Icarus at the Edge of Time, The Fabric of the Cosmos, The Hidden Reality, and related PBS television specials. He also appeared on The Big Bang Theory episode "The Herb Garden Germination," as well as the films Frequency and The Last Mimzy.
