Theory of Everything by Brian Greene

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The Elegant Universe
Theoretical physicist Brian Greene is without a doubt the poster child of string theory. Being a good-looking geek who is also a Hollywood savvy physics genius would be hard to pull off, but Greene makes it all look so easy.

The best-selling author of the Pulitzer nominated book The Elegant Universe has helped write dialogue for 3rd Rock From the Sun, lent cameos to films like Mimzy and guested on The Colbert Report, Late Night with Conan O’Brien and Letterman when he isn’t busy figuring out the nature of the Universe. But as any scientist can tell you, a big part of finding big answers is asking big questions. Greene happens to be a master at asking big questions as you'll read in his interview with with Common Ground's Jamie Friddle.

“Probably the most powerful thing is when I’m in the midst of trying to solve some mathematical system or set of equations. There’s something quite wondrous about being so involved in an intellectual pursuit that the mind can’t let off, just won’t let off; there’s a certain kind of enjoyment from the exhaustion that comes from that kind of an undertaking. But if you take a step back and ask, from an overarching perspective, what are the kinds of thoughts that take over my mental energies, it’s really the big questions: Where does time come from? Can you imagine a world without time? Did time come into existence with the origin of the universe, or is it something that humans have imposed upon reality in order to organize our thoughts in a more coherent manner? Those are the kinds of questions that keep me puzzling for hours and days on end,” says Greene.

A professor of math and physics at New York’s Columbia University and co-director of its Institute for Strings, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Greene is dedicated to finding out how the universe works. His focus is string theory, also known as unified field theory. Greene is known for his determination, but he is more than willing to redirect his thinking when faced with new information. It’s hard to get things right when you don’t have all of the facts, he notes. He recalls a funny story from his childhood when he became a salami-eating vegetarian, for example. Read more at link below....

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