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The Fabric of the Cosmos Dr. Brian Greene Columbia University Wednesday, January 5th, 2005 |
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Brian Greene received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and his doctorate from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He joined the physics faculty of Cornell University in 1990, was appointed to a full professorship in 1995, and in 1996 joined Columbia University where he is professor of physics and mathematics.
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"Space and time form the very fabric of the cosmos. Yet they remain among the most mysterious of concepts. Is space an entity? Why does time have a direction? Could the universe exist without space and time? Can we travel to the past?" |
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He has lectured at both a general and technical level in more trhan twenty-five countries and is widely regarded for a number of groundbreaking discoveries in superstring theory. He lives in Andes, New York, and New York City.
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Brian Greene’s lectures are "insightful and inspiring, and even offer a kind of enlightenment." His best-selling book, The Elegant Universe, recounts how the theories of general relativity and quantum mechanics transformed our understanding of the universe. Greene’s communication skills come naturally. The son of a voice coach and former vaudeville performer, Greene was a prodigy who at age five could multiply 30 digit numbers by other 30 digit numbers. An occasional actor in community theater productions, Greene also "punches up" scientific dialogue for John Lithgow on Third Rock from the Sun. "I consider lecturing,? he says, ?a form of performance." |