“s discovery of the General Theory of Relativity, and his subsequent failed attempts to find what he called”
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Brian Randolph Greene 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 transiti…
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Born 9 February 1963 · Q60815
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2019· 1 entry
At the Gerald Lynch Theater in New York City, with Greene in the role of narrator, and was filmed by Great Performances for national broadcast on PBS on the centenary of the confirmation of General Relativity, May 29, 20
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2017· 1 entry
At Lincoln Center's Rose Theater, with Greene in the role of narrator and performers Pilobolus, Joshua Bell, Renee Fleming, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and David Draiman
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2012· 2 entries
Awarded Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award (2012).
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Received the Richtmyer Memorial Award, which is given annually by the American Association of Physics Teachers
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2011· 1 entry
And was nominated for multiple Emmy Awards
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2010· 1 entry
At Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, with narrator John Lithgow, as part of World Science Festival
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2009· 1 entry
Published “A New Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate” in Annals of Internal Medicine — cited 22,627 times.
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2008· 1 entry
Together with former ABC News producer Tracy Day, Greene co-founded the World Science Festival as a forum for cultivating "a general public informed by science, inspired by its wonder, convinced of its value, and prepare
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2003· 1 entry
Awarded Andrew Gemant Award (2003).
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1999· 1 entry
And a New York Times Best Seller, is a popularization of superstring theory and M-theory
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1997· 1 entry
Greene has been vegetarian since he was nine years old and a vegan since 1997.
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1990· 1 entry
Received tenure in 1993, and was appointed to a full professorship in 1995
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1987· 1 entry
With a thesis entitled "Superstrings: topology, geometry and phenomenology and astrophysical implications of supersymmetric models"
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1984· 1 entry
Awarded Rhodes Scholarship (1984).
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1980· 1 entry
Where he was classmates with fellow physicist and science popularizer Lisa Randall, Greene studied physics at Harvard University, graduating in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude
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1963· 1 entry
Born 1963-02-09.
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