Person · Open Library
- Born
- 9 Feb 1963
- Works
- 27
Top works
- Der Stoff, aus dem der Kosmos ist : Raum, Zeit und die Beschaffenheit der Wirklichkeit
- The Fabric of the Cosmos
- ha-Yeḳum ha-eleganṭi
- Infinite Cosmos
- What Are You Optimistic About?
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Film & TV
Acting · New York City, New York, USA
Brian Greene is an American theoretical physicist, mathematician, string theorist, and book author.
Known for
- A Trip to Infinity — Self2022
- Einstein and Hawking: Unlocking the Universe — Self - Physicist2020
- Light Falls — Himself - Host2019
- World Science Festival — Host2016
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self2015
- StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson — Self2015
- The Fabric of the Cosmos — Himself - Host2011
- The Last Mimzy — Intel Scientist2007
- The Big Bang Theory — Brian Greene2007
- The Colbert Report — Self2005
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Brian Greene, born in New York and a professor at Columbia University, is a theoretical physicist and string theorist most widely known publicly for his books "The Elegant Universe" and "Fabric of the Cosmos" as well as related PBS television specials. Greene entered Harvard in 1980 to concentrate on physics and after completing his bachelor's degree, earned his doctorate from Oxford University as a Rhodes scholar. At Columbia, Greene is co-director of the university's Institute for Strings <a h
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,698x
- A low-cost, high-efficiency solar cell based on dye-sensitized colloidal TiO2 films
· 1991 · cited 26,448x
- A New Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate
· 2009 · cited 22,227x
- Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome
· 2011 · cited 19,129x
- Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities
· 2009 · cited 18,765x
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Key facts
- Born
- Brian Randolph Greene , ( 1963-02-09 ) February 9, 1963 (age 63) , New York City , U.S.
- Education
- Harvard University ( BS ), Magdalen College, Oxford ( DPhil )
- Known for
- String theory , Mirror symmetry , Topology change, The Elegant Universe , The Fabric of the Cosmos , The Hidden Reality , Until the End of Time
- Spouse
- Tracy Day
- Awards
- AAAS Award (2025), Pupin Medal (2022), Andrew Gemant Award (2003), Peabody Award (2003), Pulitzer Prize Finalist (2000), Sloan Fellow (1993), NSF Young Investigator (1992)
- Fields
- Physics
- Institutions
- Harvard University , Cornell University , Columbia University , World Science Festival
- Thesis
- Superstrings: topology, geometry and phenomenology and astrophysical implications of supersymmetric models (1986)
- Doctoral advisor
- Graham G. Ross , James Binney
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Key dates
- Born
- 9 February 1963
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Greene
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- mathematician
- Educated at
- University of Oxford
- Employer
- Columbia University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
Article
Brian Randolph Greene (born February 9, 1963) is an American physicist known for his research on string theory. He is a professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University, director of its center for theoretical physics, and the chairman of the World Science Festival, which he co-founded in 2008. Greene co-discovered mirror symmetry, relating two different Calabi–Yau manifolds. He also described the flop transition, a mild form of topology change, and the conifold transition, a more severe transformation of space, showing that topology can smoothly change in string theory.
His books The Elegant Universe (1999), The Fabric of the Cosmos (2004), The Hidden Reality (2011), and Until the End of Time (2020) were all top 10 New York Times bestsellers. Greene hosted two Emmy and Peabody Award Winning NOVA miniseries based on his books. He also appeared on The Big Bang Theory episode "The Herb Garden Germination", as well as in the films Frequency and The Last Mimzy. From 2015 to 2020, he served on the board of overseers of Harvard University, and is currently a member of the board of sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.