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...unusual eating habits were legendary among his Winthrop housemates. They also belied a compulsive nature, one that propelled Greene to the forefront of theoretical physics. He is also lauded outside the academic realm for his two bestsellers, “The Elegant Universe” and “Fabric of the Cosmos,” which brought esoteric concepts of string theory to the masses.Theoretical physicists are rarely household names, yet “The Elegant Universe” worked its way to number four on the New York Times Best-Seller List. The book was eventually made into...

Author: By Laura G. Mirviss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Class of 1984: Brian R. Greene | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...been a disappointment. But that’s not how I see it. For me, the past decades of anxious searching have illuminated spectacular new landmarks: extra dimensions of space curled into tiny labyrinthine geometries, a cornucopia of universes bubbling up beyond the most distant cosmic horizon, the fabric of space and time being stitched from threads of vibrating strings. These are the partially formed, stunning possibilities that efforts have revealed so far. Are they right? I don’t know. No one does. There’s a chance that the new accelerator in Geneva, the Large Hadron...

Author: By Brian Greene | Title: Questions, Not Answers, Make Science the Ultimate Adventure | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...It’s what happens along the way that radically enriches us. The wrestling with mystery, not the ascension to resolution, defines who we are. Brian Greene ’84, a physics professor at Columbia University, is the best-selling author of The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos. This piece originally appeared in Wired...

Author: By Brian Greene | Title: Questions, Not Answers, Make Science the Ultimate Adventure | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...similar premium to buy a US-based energy or refining operation, would Congress block the deal? If the 3Com transaction is any indication, potential shareholder profits would be trumped by a government decision that it does not want China to have control of assets that are part of the fabric of American economic and business interests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: As PetroChina Buys Into Singapore Pet, Issues About Strategic Interests Rise | 5/25/2009 | See Source »

...drugs have taken hold. An estimated 30,000 Maldivian youths are addicts, almost 10% of the country's population. "There is nothing to do here," says Ali Adib, one of the directors of Journey, a drug-rehabilitation NGO in Malé, and a recovering addict himself. "The whole social fabric is torn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Maldives' Struggle to Stay Afloat | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

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