I may be a Jewish scientist, but I would be tickled silly if one day I were reincarnated as a Baptist preacher. Brian Greene baptistdayjewish Change image and share on social
String theory is not the only theory that can accommodate extra dimensions, but it certainly is the one that really demands and requires it. Brian Greene accommodatedemanddimension Change image and share on social
I can assure you that no string theorist would be interested in working on string theory if it were somehow permanently beyond testability. That would no longer be doing science. Brian Greene assureinterestlong Change image and share on social
The fact that I don't have any particular need for religion doesn't mean that I have a need to cast religion aside the way some of my colleagues do. Brian Greene castcolleaguefact Change image and share on social
There was a time when 'universe' meant 'all there is.' Everything. The whole shebang. The notion of more than one universe, more than one everything, would seemingly be a contradiction in terms. Brian Greene contradictionmeannotion Change image and share on social
Black holes, we all know, are these regions where if an object falls in, it can't get out, but the puzzle that many struggled with over the decades is, what happens to the information that an object contains when it falls into a black hole. Is it simply lost? Brian Greene blackdecadefall share on social
Most scientists like to operate in the context of economy. If you don't need an explanatory principle, don't invoke it. Brian Greene contexteconomyexplanatory Change image and share on social
My emotional investment is in finding truth. If string theory is wrong, I'd like to have known that yesterday. But if we can show it today or tomorrow, fantastic. Brian Greene emotionalfantasticfind Change image and share on social
One of the strangest features of string theory is that it requires more than the three spatial dimensions that we see directly in the world around us. That sounds like science fiction, but it is an indisputable outcome of the mathematics of string theory. Brian Greene dimensiondirectlyfeature share on social
Relativity challenges your basic intuitions that you've built up from everyday experience. It says your experience of time is not what you think it is, that time is malleable. Your experience of space is not what you think it is; it can stretch and shrink. Brian Greene basicbuildchallenge share on social
