All mathematics is is a language that is well tuned, finely honed, to describe patterns; be it patterns in a star, which has five points that are regularly arranged, be it patterns in numbers like 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 that follow very regular progression. Brian Greene arrangedescribefinely share on social
Falsifiability for a theory is great, but a theory can still be respectable even if it is not falsifiable, as long as it is verifiable. Brian Greene falsifiabilityfalsifiablegreat Change image and share on social
It's hard to teach passionately about something that you don't have a passion for. Brian Greene hardpassionpassionately Change image and share on social
The bottom line is that time travel is allowed by the laws of physics. Brian Greene allowbottomlaw Change image and share on social
I think it's too fast to say that all sci-fi ultimately winds up having some place in science. On the other hand, imaginative minds working outside of science as storytellers certainly have come upon ideas that, with the passing decades, have either materialized of come close to materializing. Brian Greene closedecadefast 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
Oftentimes, if you're talking to a seasoned interviewer who asks you a question, they may do a follow-up if they didn't quite get it. It's rare that they'll do a third or fourth or fifth or sixth follow-up, because there's an implicit, agreed-upon decorum that they move on. Kids don't necessarily move on if they don't get it. Brian Greene agreeaskdecorum 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
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