Brian Greene is a renowned American physicist known for his expertise in the ‘string theory’. He was interested towards mathematics from a very early age and his skills at mathematics were astonishing. After completing his graduation from the Oxford University he served as the professor of physics and mathematics at the Columbia University. He was selected as the co-director of the university’s institutes of Strings, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. He is known for his research on ‘String Theory’ and for his skill of explaining theories by relating it to simple things. He has significantly contributed to explaining the curled-up dimensions of ‘String Theory’. He went on to write various books which portrayed his intellect gained by the researches. He wrote his first book titled ‘The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory’ which aimed at popularizing String Theory. He further wrote many books, a few of which were awarded the ‘Pulitzer Prize’. Here is a compilation of famous quotes by distinguished theoretical physicist which have been extracted from the vast sea of his writings, lectures, interviews and researches. Go through some of the noteworthy thoughts and quotations by Brian Greene.
The boldness of asking deep questions may require unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers.
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Cosmology is among the oldest subjects to captivate our species. And it’s no wonder. We’re storytellers, and what could be more grand than the story of creation?
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Understanding requires insight. Insight must be anchored.
Brian Greene
Physicists have come to realize that mathematics, when used with sufficient care, is a proven pathway to truth.
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...things are the way they are in our universe because if they weren't, we wouldn't be here to notice.
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...quantum mechanics—the physics of our world—requires that you hold such pedestrian complaints in abeyance.
Just as we envision all of space as really being out there, as really existing,
we should also envision all of time as really being out there, as really
existing too.
As Feynman once wrote, "[Quantum mechanics] describes nature as absurd from the point of view of common sense. And it fully agrees with experiment. So I hope you can accept nature as She is—absurd.
…The wonders of life and the universe are mere reflections of microscopic particles engaged in a pointless dance fully choreographed by the laws of physics.
