Editing Brian Greene (section)

{{Short description|American theoretical physicist (born 1963)}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| image             = Brian Greene, February 28, 2012.jpg
| caption           = Greene in 2012
| birth_name        = Brian Randolph Greene
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1963|2|9}}
| birth_place       = [[New York City]], U.S.
| education         = [[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br />[[Magdalen College, Oxford]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])
| thesis_title      = Superstrings: topology, geometry and phenomenology and astrophysical implications of supersymmetric models
| thesis_url        = https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:624d0f65-dab9-4b1e-a2d2-dcba69a41e6e/download_file?file_format=pdf&hyrax_fileset_id=m9837a48fd2d781bf15c67ae1565d41d9&safe_filename=754596661.pdf
| thesis_year       = 1986
| doctoral_advisor  = [[Graham Ross (physicist)|Graham G. Ross]]<br />[[James Binney]]
| doctoral_students = 
| known_for         = [[String theory]]<br />''[[The Elegant Universe]]''<br />''[[The Fabric of the Cosmos]]''<br />''[[The Hidden Reality]]''
| footnotes         = 
| spouse            = Tracy Day
| children          = 2
| field             = [[Physics]]
| work_institution  = [[Cornell University]]<br />[[Columbia University]]
| prizes            = [[Andrew Gemant Award]] (2003)
}}

'''Brian Randolph  Greene'''<ref>{{cite web |title=The Mathematics Genealogy Project – Brian Greene |url=http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=59919 |access-date=February 21, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305122934/http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=59919 |archive-date=March 5, 2014 }}</ref> (born February 9, 1963) 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 (string theory)|mirror symmetry]], relating two different [[Calabi–Yau manifold]]s.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Essays on mirror manifolds |date=1992 |publisher=International Press |isbn=978-962-7670-01-8 |editor-last=Yau |editor-first=Shing-Tung |series=International series in mathematical physics |location=Hong Kong}}</ref> He also described the [[Flop-transition|flop transition]], a mild form of [[topology]] change, and the [[conifold transition]], a more severe transformation of space, showing that topology can smoothly change in string theory.

His books ''[[The Elegant Universe]] (1999)'', ''[[The Fabric of the Cosmos]] (2004)'', ''[[The Hidden Reality]] (2011)'', and [[Until the End of Time (book)|''Until the End of Time'']] (2020) were all top 10 New York Times bestsellers. Greene hosted two Emmy and Peabody Award Winning NOVA miniseries based on his books.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NOVA: The Elegant Universe with Brian Greene |url=https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/nova-the-elegant-universe-with-brian-greene/ |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=The Peabody Awards |language=en-US}}</ref> He also appeared on ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' episode "[[The Big Bang Theory (season 4)#ep83|The Herb Garden Germination]]", as well as in the films ''[[Frequency (2000 film)|Frequency]]'' and ''[[The Last Mimzy]]''. From 2015 to 2020, he served on the board of overseers of [[Harvard University]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=harvardgazette |date=2015-05-28 |title=Five Harvard Overseers elected |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/05/five-harvard-overseers-elected/ |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Harvard Gazette |language=en-US}}</ref> and is currently a member of the board of sponsors of the ''[[Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thebulletin.org/about-us/board-of-sponsors/ |access-date=21 October 2019|title=Board of Sponsors|newspaper=Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists }}</ref>

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