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Physicists are more like avant-garde composers, willing to bend traditional rules... Mathematicians are more like classical composers.

~Brian Greene

Topics: Avant-Garde Bend Classical Composers Like Mathematicians More Physicists Rules Traditional Willing

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We might be the holographic image of a two-dimensional structure.

~Brian Greene

Topics: Image Might Structure

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How can a speck of a universe be physically identical to the great expanse we view in the heavens above?

~Brian Greene

Topics: Above Expanse Great Heavens How Identical Physically Universe View

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We can certainly go further than cats, but why should it be that our brains are somehow so suited to the universe that our brains will be able to understand the deepest workings?

~Brian Greene

Topics: Able Brains Cats Certainly Deepest Further Go Our Should Somehow Suited Than Understand Universe Why Will Workings

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My mom says: 'Why aren't you a doctor?' and I'm like, 'I am a doctor!' and she's all, 'No, I mean a real doctor.' She reads my books, but she says they give her a headache.

~Brian Greene

Topics: Am Books Doctor Give Headache Her Like Mean Mom Reads Real Says She Why You I Am

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My emotional investment is in finding truth. If string theory is wrong, I'd like to have known that yesterday. But if we can show it today or tomorrow, fantastic.

~Brian Greene

Topics: Emotional Fantastic Finding Investment Known Like Show String String Theory Theory Today Tomorrow Truth Wrong Yesterday

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We know that if supersymmetric particles exist, they must be very heavy; otherwise we would have spotted them by now.

~Brian Greene

Topics: Exist Heavy Know Must Now Otherwise Particles Them Very Would

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String theory envisions a multiverse in which our universe is one slice of bread in a big cosmic loaf. The other slices would be displaced from ours in some extra dimension of space.

~Brian Greene

Topics: Big Bread Cosmic Dimension Displaced Extra Loaf Other Our Ours Slice Some Space String String Theory Theory Universe Which Would

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Physics grapples with the largest questions the universe presents. 'Where did the totality of reality come from?' 'Did time have a beginning?'

~Brian Greene

Topics: Beginning Come Did Largest Physics Presents Questions Reality Time Totality Universe Where

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Intelligence is the ability to take in information from the world and to find patterns in that information that allow you to organize your perceptions and understand the external world.

~Brian Greene

Topics: Ability Allow External External World Find Information Intelligence Organize Patterns Perceptions Take Understand World You Your

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Physicist

Born: February 9th, 1963

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