Editing Brian Greene (section)

==Early life and education==
Greene was born in [[New York City]] of [[Jews|Jewish]] background.<ref>''Literature = art + science'', February 12, 2009,  Rebecca Abrams, JC</ref> His father, Alan Greene, was a one-time [[vaudeville]] performer and high school dropout who later worked as a voice coach and composer.

After graduating from [[Stuyvesant High School]] in 1980, where he was classmates with fellow physicist and science popularizer [[Lisa Randall]],<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/alumni/Magazine/Spring2006/green.html |title=The String is The Thing – Brian Greene Unravels the Fabric of the Universe |journal=Columbia Magazine |publisher=[[Columbia University]] |author=JR Minkel |date=Spring 2006 |access-date=2007-10-31 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223012954/http://www.columbia.edu/cu/alumni/Magazine/Spring2006/green.html |archive-date=2007-12-23 }}</ref> Greene studied physics at [[Harvard University]], graduating in 1984 with a [[Bachelor of Science]], ''[[Latin honors#United States|summa cum laude]]''. He then did doctoral study in theoretical physics at [[Magdalen College, Oxford]], under [[Graham Ross (physicist)|Graham Ross]] and [[James Binney]]. He received a [[Doctor of Philosophy]] in 1987 with a [[thesis]] entitled "Superstrings: topology, geometry and phenomenology and astrophysical implications of supersymmetric models".<ref>{{Cite thesis |title=Thesis Superstrings |date=1986 |publisher=University of Oxford |url=https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:624d0f65-dab9-4b1e-a2d2-dcba69a41e6e |last1=Greene |first1=B. |last2=Greene |first2=Brian }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://physics.columbia.edu/people/profile/406|title=Brian Greene - Department of Physics|website=physics.columbia.edu|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211055311/http://physics.columbia.edu/people/profile/406|archive-date=2013-12-11}}</ref><ref>[https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:624d0f65-dab9-4b1e-a2d2-dcba69a41e6e Thesis Brian Randolph Greene: Superstrings] - website of Oxford University Research Archive</ref> While at Oxford, Greene also studied piano with the concert pianist [[Jack Gibbons]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The Hidden Reality by Brian Greene {{!}} book review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/grrlscientist/2012/nov/28/1 |access-date=21 October 2019}}</ref>