Brian Greene

Columbia University

Brian Greene appears in the following:

What?! Teleportation does exist?

Friday, January 23, 2009

Scientists have teleported information between two atoms. All it took was zapping them for a few picseconds with laser pulses while they were trapped in a vacuum that was surrounded b...

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Icarus Revisited

Thursday, November 27, 2008

In his new book, Icarus at the Edge of Time, leading physicist Brian Greene reimagines the Icarus fable, set on the starship Proxima on a twenty-five-trillion mile journey.

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Use Your Time Wisely

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Most people spend their money more wisely than they spend their time. Find out how understanding the psychology of time can lead to happier and healthier lives. Also: the story of one man’s kayak expedition along Vietnam’s northern coastline. Plus, conversations with two physicists: Brian Greene and Frank Wilczek.

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Icarus Revisited

Monday, September 15, 2008

In his new book, Icarus at the Edge of Time, leading physicist Brian Greene reimagines the Icarus fable, set on the starship Proxima on a twenty-five-trillion mile journey.

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Brian Greene will be speaking and signing books
Monday, September 15 at 7:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble ...

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Time After Time

Monday, September 15, 2008

Most people spend their money more wisely than they spend their time. Find out how understanding the psychology of time can lead to happier and healthier lives. Also: the story of one man’s kayak expedition along Vietnam’s northern coastline. Physicist Brian Greene reimagines the Icarus fable. And then we hear ...

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Smashing Particles

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Brian Greene, professor of mathematics and physics at Columbia University and author of Icarus at the Edge of Time, talks about the Large Hadron Collider, which successfully completed its first test this morning.

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A Victory of Words

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

President Bush announced yesterday he will begin a drawdown of troops in Iraq beginning early next year. Newsweek’s Michael Hirsh evaluates how different candidates define success in the region.

Plus, the 17-mile long Large Hadron Collider starts accelerating particles today, but its purpose remains vague to ...

How America Can Take the Lead in Science and Technology

Thursday, May 29, 2008

We look into what the U.S. needs to do to become a world leader in science and technology once again. Brian Greene is a professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University and host of PBS series “The Elegant Universe”; he also helped put together the

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No Special Now

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

It's not only artists who rebel against time, many physicists too take issue with our standard notion of clock time.

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Beyond Time

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Fighting the inevitable march of time—or at least the common sense view of it.

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Time

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

The strange, subjective nature of time -- from a sped-up spin through childhood, to a really, really slowed-down Beethoven symphony. 

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