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I love it when real science finds a home in a fictional setting, where you take some real core idea of science and weave it through a fictional narrative in order to bring it to life, the way stories can. That's my favorite thing.

~Brian Greene

Topics: Bring Core Favorite Favorite Thing Fictional Finds Home Idea Life Love Narrative Order Real Science Setting Some Stories Take Thing Through Way Weave Where You I Love

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I have long thought that anyone who does not regularly - or ever - gaze up and see the wonder and glory of a dark night sky filled with countless stars loses a sense of their fundamental connectedness to the universe.

~Brian Greene

Topics: Anyone Countless Dark Does Ever Filled Fundamental Gaze Glory Long Loses Night Regularly See Sense Sky Stars Thought Universe Up Who Wonder

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The boldness of asking deep questions may require unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers.

~Brian Greene

Topics: Accept Answers Asking Boldness Deep Flexibility May Questions Require Unforeseen

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String theory has the potential to show that all of the wondrous happenings in the universe - from the frantic dance of subatomic quarks to the stately waltz of orbiting binary stars; from the primordial fireball of the big bang to the majestic swirl of heavenly galaxies - are reflections of one, grand physical principle, one master equation.

~Brian Greene

Topics: Bang Big Big Bang Binary Dance Equation Frantic Galaxies Grand Happenings Heavenly Majestic Master Physical Potential Principle Reflections Show Stars String String Theory Theory Universe Waltz Wondrous

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Science is very good at answering the 'how' questions. 'How did the universe evolve to the form that we see?' But it is woefully inadequate in addressing the 'why' questions. 'Why is there a universe at all?' These are the meaning questions, which many people think religion is particularly good at dealing with.

~Brian Greene

Topics: Addressing Answering Dealing Did Evolve Form Good How Inadequate Many Meaning Particularly People Questions Religion Science See Think Universe Very Which Why

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Relativity challenges your basic intuitions that you've built up from everyday experience. It says your experience of time is not what you think it is, that time is malleable. Your experience of space is not what you think it is; it can stretch and shrink.

~Brian Greene

Topics: Basic Built Challenges Everyday Experience Relativity Says Shrink Space Stretch Think Time Up You Your

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I think the relationship between memory and time is a very deep and tricky one, to tell you the truth. I don't consider memory another sense. I do consider memory that which allows us to think that time flows.

~Brian Greene

Topics: Another Between Consider Deep Flows Memory Relationship Sense Tell Think Time Tricky Truth Us Very Which You I Think

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In my own research when I'm working with equations, I never feel like I really understand what I'm doing if I'm solely relying on the mathematics for my understanding. I need to have a visual picture in my mind. I'm constantly translating from the math to some intuitive mind's-eye picture.

~Brian Greene

Topics: Constantly Doing Equations Feel Intuitive Like Math Mathematics Mind My Own Need Never Own Picture Really Relying Research Solely Some Translating Understand Understanding Visual Working

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Supersymmetry is a theory which stipulates that for every known particle there should be a partner particle. For instance, the electron should be paired with a supersymmetric 'selectron,' quarks ought to have 'squark' partners, and so on.

~Brian Greene

Topics: Electron Every Instance Known Ought Particle Partner Partners Should Theory Which

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I believe we owe our young an education that captures the exhilarating drama of science.

~Brian Greene

Topics: Believe Captures Drama Education Exhilarating Our Owe Science Young I Believe

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Physicist

Born: February 9th, 1963

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