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The Fabric of the Cosmos

2004592 pagesVintage Books

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Brian Greene's "The Fabric of the Cosmos" is a journey through the fundamental nature of space and time. Greene explores complex scientific ideas, from relativity to quantum mechanics, making them accessible to a broad audience. This book challenges our understanding of the universe and our place within it.

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Brian Randolph Greene (born February 9, 1963) is an American physicist known for his research on string theory. He is a professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University, director of its center for theoretical physics, and the chairman of the World Science Festival, which he co-founded in 2008. Greene co-discovered mirror symmetry, relating two different Calabi–Yau manifolds. He also described the flop transition, a mild form of topology change, and the conifold transition, a more seve...

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