Free will is the sensation of making a choice. The sensation is real, but the choice seems illusory. Laws of physics determine… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
We're on this planet for the briefest of moments in cosmic terms, and I want to spend that time thinking about what… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
Far from being accidental details, the properties of nature's basic building blocks are deeply entwined with the fabric of space and time. — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
Over the centuries, monumental upheavals in science have emerged time and again from following the leads set out by mathematics. — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say that 'The Fabric of the Cosmos' is a book on cosmology. Cosmology certainly plays a big part, but the… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
As every parent knows, children begin life as uninhibited, unabashed explorers of the unknown. From the time we can walk and talk,… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
The melded nature of space and time is intimately woven with properties of light speed. The inviolable nature of the speed of… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
There was a time when 'universe' meant 'all there is.' Everything. The whole shebang. The notion of more than one universe, more… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
The revelation we've come to is that we can trust our memories of a past with lower, not higher, entropy only if… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
Einstein comes along and says, space and time can warp and curve, that's what gravity is. Now string theory comes along and… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
The bottom line is that time travel is allowed by the laws of physics. — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
“The world of the everyday suddenly seemed nothing but an inverted magic act, lulling its audience into believing in the usual, familiar… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
Every moment is as real as every other. Every 'now,' when you say, 'This is the real moment,' is as real as… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
“Just as we envision all of space as really being out there, as really existing, we should also envision all of time… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
I think the relationship between memory and time is a very deep and tricky one, to tell you the truth. I don't… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
Physics grapples with the largest questions the universe presents. 'Where did the totality of reality come from?' 'Did time have a beginning?' — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
“They imply that a region of space the size of a pea would be stretched larger than the observable universe in a… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
But, as Einstein once said, “For we convinced physicists, the distinction between past, present, and future is only an illusion, however persistent.”5 — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
Relativity challenges your basic intuitions that you've built up from everyday experience. It says your experience of time is not what you… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
Black holes provide theoreticians with an important theoretical laboratory to test ideas. Conditions within a black hole are so extreme, that by… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
The boldness of asking deep questions may require unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers. — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
The number of e-mails and letters that I get from choreographers, from sculptors, from composers who are being inspired by science is huge. — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
One of the wonders of science is that it is completely universal. It crosses national boundaries with total ease. — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
String theory is the most developed theory with the capacity to unite general relativity and quantum mechanics in a consistent manner. I do believe… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
But, as Einstein once said, “For we convinced physicists, the distinction between past, present, and future is only an illusion, however persistent.”5 — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
Sometimes attaining the deepest familiarity with a question is our best substitute for actually having the answer. — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
When kids look up to great scientists the way they do to great musicians and actors, civilization will jump to the next level — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
I have long thought that anyone who does not regularly - or ever - gaze up and see the wonder and glory of a… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
There are many of us thinking of one version of parallel universe theory or another. If it's all a lot of nonsense, then it's… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
As every parent knows, children begin life as uninhibited, unabashed explorers of the unknown. From the time we can walk and talk, we want… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
The full name of string theory is really superstring theory. The 'super' stands for this feature called supersymmetry, which, without getting into any details,… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
For most people, the major hurdle in grasping modern insights into the nature of the universe is that these developments are usually phrased using… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
