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
The universe is incredibly wondrous, incredibly beautiful, and it fills me with a sense that there is some underlying explanation that we have yet to fully understand. If someone wants to place the word 'God' on those collections of words, it's OK with me. Brian Greene beautifulcollectionexplanation share on social
My dad was a composer and a musician, but he never finished high school. His formal education was rather minimal from the standards of today's college graduates and Ph.D.'s, but he had a deep interest in questions of science and questions of the universe. Brian Greene collegecomposerdad share on social
I have long thought that anyone who does not regularly - or ever - gaze up and see the wonder and glory of a dark night sky filled with countless stars loses a sense of their fundamental connectedness to the universe. Brian Greene connectednesscountlessdark share on social
Quantum mechanics broke the mold of the previous framework, classical mechanics, by establishing that the predictions of science are necessarily probabilistic. Brian Greene breakclassicalestablish Change image and 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
I can't stand clutter. I can't stand piles of stuff. And whenever I see it, I basically just throw the stuff away. Brian Greene basicallyclutterpile Change image and share on social
I think the appropriate response for a physicist is: 'I do not find the concept of God very interesting, because I cannot test it.' Brian Greene conceptfindgod 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
Even when I wasn't doing much 'science for the public' stuff, I found that four or five hours of intense work in physics was all my brain could take on a given day. Brian Greene braindayfind Change image and share on social