Brian Greene

Q: What Schools Are Affiliated With Brian Greene

Brian Greene is affiliated with the following schools: Harvard University, Columbia University, University of Oxford, Cornell University

Why Is Brian Greene Influential?

By Erik J. Larson, PhD

Brian Greene was born in New York City in 1963. He went to Harvard University, earning a BA in physics and then completed his PhD at Oxford University in 1987. He is Professor of Physics at Columbia University and also serves as chairman of the World Science Festival since co-founding it in 2008.

Greene’s career has focused largely on developing and expounding string theory, and he has published a number of papers on aspects of the theory of strings. He is perhaps most known for his science writing, where for instance he has published the popular account of physics The Elegant Universe (1999), as well as Icarus at the Edge of Time (2008), The Fabric of the Cosmos (2004), and The Hidden Reality (2011). He has also appeared on PBS television specials. He even appeared on The Big Bang Theory episode “The Herb Garden Germination”, as well as the films Frequency and The Last Mimzy.

Greene won the Andrew Gemant Award in 2003 for his contributions to the cultural or humanistic aspect of physics, notably in his many publications about physics intended for the broader public.

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According to Wikipedia, Brian Randolph Greene is a leading American theoretical physicist, mathematician, and string theorist. Greene was a physics professor at Cornell University from 19901995, and has been a professor at Columbia University since 1996 and chairman of the World Science Festival since co-founding it in 2008. Greene has worked on mirror symmetry, relating two different Calabi–Yau manifolds . He also described the flop transition, a mild form of topology change, showing that topology in string theory can change at the conifold point.

Brian Greene's Published Works

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Published Papers

String theory. (1998) (3250)
Duality in {Calabi-Yau} Moduli Space (1990) (576)
The Elegant Universe (1999) (453)
Stringy Cosmic Strings and Noncompact Calabi-Yau Manifolds (1990) (409)
The elegant universe : superstrings, hidden dimensions, and the quest for the ultimate theory (1999) (387)
Orbifold resolution by D-branes (1997) (345)
Black hole condensation and the unification of string vacua (1995) (340)
mirror manifolds and spacetime topology change in string theory (1994) (324)
String Theory on Calabi-Yau Manifolds (1997) (323)
Inflation as a probe of short distance physics (2001) (228)
A three-generation superstring model: (I). Compactification and discrete symmetries (1986) (224)
Calabi-Yau manifolds and renormalization group flows (1989) (192)
Aspects of (2,0) string compactifications (1988) (188)
A three-generation superstring model: (II). Symmetry breaking and the low-energy theory (1986) (181)
Mirror symmetry for two parameter models. I (1996) (179)
Generic estimate of trans-Planckian modifications to the primordial power spectrum in inflation (2002) (177)
Imprints of short distance physics on inflationary cosmology (2003) (154)
Warped compactifications in M and F theory (2000) (153)
Mirror manifolds in higher dimension (1995) (152)
A Superstring Inspired Standard Model (1986) (151)
Split attractor flows and the spectrum of BPS D-branes on the quintic (2001) (146)
Measuring small distances in N=2 sigma models (1994) (120)
Remarks on inflation and noncommutative geometry (2001) (117)
String Windings in the Early Universe (2005) (116)
The monomial-divisor mirror map (1993) (115)
D3-branes on partial resolutions of abelian quotient singularities of Calabi–Yau threefolds (2000) (114)
Multiple mirror manifolds and topology change in string theory (1993) (111)
Some Exact Results on the Superpotential from Calabi-Yau Compactifications (1988) (105)
Local behavior of Hodge structures at infinity (1997) (103)
Mirror symmetry II (1996) (85)
Inflaton decay and heavy particle production with negative coupling (1997) (82)
A geometric realization of confinement (1996) (77)
Dark energy and stabilization of extra dimensions (2007) (69)
Cosmological String Gas on Orbifolds (2002) (68)
Baryogenesis, dark matter and the width of the Z (1992) (63)
Brane gas cosmology in M theory: Late time behavior (2003) (61)
Resolving singularities in (0,2) models (1996) (60)
Tumbling through a landscape: Evidence of instabilities in high-dimensional moduli spaces (2013) (56)
Decoupling in an expanding universe: Backreaction barely constrains short distance effects in the CMB (2004) (54)
On the geometric interpretation of N=2 superconformal theories (1994) (53)
Dual cones and mirror symmetry for generalized Calabi-Yau manifolds (1996) (52)
Metrics on D-brane Orbifolds (1997) (48)
Black hole condensation and the web of Calabi-Yau manifolds (1995) (48)
D-brane topology changing transitions (1998) (47)
The large scattering disk of NGC 6334B (1990) (47)
Brane gases in the early universe: thermodynamics and cosmology (2004) (47)
Searching for three-generation Calabi-Yau manifolds (1987) (43)
273 Yukawa couplings for a three-generation superstring model (1987) (43)
The meaning of relativity : including the relativistic theory of the non-symmetric field (1945) (42)
Collapsing D-branes in Calabi–Yau moduli space I (2001) (42)
On the Hagedorn behaviour of pp-wave strings and N=4 SYM theory at finite R-charge density (2003) (41)
Extracting new physics from the CMB (2005) (41)
Small volumes in compactified string theory (1996) (38)
Superstring models with SU(5) and SO(10) unifying groups (1986) (36)
D-branes on non-abelian threefold quotient singularities (1998) (36)
Universal correction to the inflationary vacuum (2005) (35)
Supersymmetric cosmology with a gauge singlet (1986) (34)
Cosmological moduli dynamics (2007) (30)
Computational complexity of the landscape II - Cosmological considerations (2017) (27)
Dynamical topology change in M theory (2000) (27)
Some Features of (0,2) Moduli Space (1997) (26)
Families of Quintic Calabi–Yau 3–Folds with Discrete Symmetries (2008) (25)
Conifolds and tunneling in the string landscape (2011) (24)
Evaluation of 273 Yukawa couplings in a three-generation superstring model (1987) (24)
Bouncing and cyclic string gas cosmologies (2009) (23)
D-particles on T^4/Z_n orbifolds and their resolutions (1998) (22)
New constructions of mirror manifolds: Probing moduli space far from Fermat points (1998) (21)
Geometric singularities and spectra of Landau-Ginzburg models (1991) (21)
The EOS Space Debris Tracking System (2006) (21)
Space–time topology change and stringy geometrya) (1994) (20)
F-theory and linear sigma models (1998) (17)
Kink Collisions in Curved Field Space (2014) (16)
Couplings in the heterotic superconformal three generation model (1989) (16)
On the equivalence of the two most favoured Calabi-Yau compactifications (1987) (15)
Superconformal compactifications in weighted projective space (1990) (14)
Orbifold Euler characteristic (1996) (14)
Mirror Manifolds: A Brief Review and Progress Report (1991) (13)
Smooth initial conditions from weak gravity (2011) (13)
Dynamical decompactification and three large dimensions (2010) (12)
Picard-Fuchs equations, special geometry, and target space duality (1996) (12)
Calculating endomorphism valued cohomology: Singlet spectrum in superstring models (1989) (12)
String theory on K3 surfaces (1996) (11)
Phases of = 2 theories in two dimensions (1996) (11)
Lectures on quantum geometry (1995) (10)
Fields, strings and duality : TASI 96, Boulder, Colorado, US, 2-28 June 1996 (1997) (10)
An effect of α′ corrections on racetrack inflation (2006) (10)
On three dimensions as the preferred dimensionality of space via the Brandenberger-Vafa mechanism (2013) (9)
The role of ₂ in Calabi-Yau classification–A preliminary survey (1996) (9)
Resolution of orbifold singularities in string theory (1996) (8)
Bubble Universe Dynamics After Free Passage (2013) (8)
Constructing mirror manifolds (1997) (8)
A bulk inflaton from large volume extra dimensions (2011) (7)
Classical vs. Landau-Ginzburg geometry of compactification (1992) (6)
K3 surfaces with involution and mirror pairs of Calabi-Yau manifolds (1996) (6)
Space-time topology change: The Physics of Calabi-Yau moduli space (1993) (6)
Aspects of quantum geometry (1995) (5)
Proceedings of the 1999 Spring Workshop on Superstrings and Related Matters, the Abdus Salam ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 22-30 March 1999 (2000) (4)
An introduction to mirror manifolds (1998) (4)
Holomorphic anomalies in topological field theories (1996) (4)
Brane-World Motion in Compact Dimensions (2011) (4)
Exploring Spiral Inflation in String Theory (2013) (4)
The future of string theory: A conversation with Brian Greene (2006) (4)
Thickening Calabi-Yau moduli spaces (1996) (4)
PHASES OF MIRROR SYMMETRY (1995) (4)
Mirror Symmetry and Moduli Spaces of Superconformal Field Theories (1994) (3)
NONPERTURBATIVE ASPECTS OF STRINGS, BRANES AND SUPERSYMMETRY: Proceedings of the Spring School on Nonperturbative Aspects of String Theory and Supersymmetric Gauge Theories; Proceedings of the Trieste Conference on Super-Five-Branes and Physics in 5 + 1 Dimensions (1999) (3)
Dark Energy in String Theory (2015) (3)
Warped vacuum statistics (2012) (3)
Inverse phase transitions: Does baryogenesis lead to dark matter? (1992) (2)
The deformation space of Calabi-Yau -folds with canonical singularities can be obstructed (1996) (2)
On the elliptic genus and mirror symmetry (1996) (2)
(2,2) AND (2,0) SUPERCONFORMAL ORBIFOLDS (1989) (2)
Making enumerative predictions by means of mirror symmetry (1996) (2)
Lectures on string theory in four-dimensions (1990) (2)
Topology and Geometry in Superstring-Inspired Phenomenology (1987) (2)
Aspects of Collapsing Cycles (2000) (2)
Random Field Theories in The Mirror Quintic Moduli Space (2016) (2)
Superstrings : Topology, geometry and phenomenology and astrophysical implications of supersymmetric models (1986) (1)
Book Review: The elegant universe : superstrings, hidden dimensions, and the quest for the ultimate theory / W. W. Norton, 1999 J. Cape Vintage Books, 1999 (2000) (1)
Icarus at the Edge of Time (2008) (1)
Supermanifolds, rigid manifolds, and mirror symmetry (1996) (1)
String Theory: The Basic Ideas (2001) (1)
The future of string theory. (2003) (1)
RECENT RESULTS IN CALABI-YAU COMPACTIFICATION (1988) (1)
Gauge symmetry breaking in superconformal orbifolds (1991) (1)
Mirror symmetry constructions: A review (1996) (1)
Enumerative issues and mirror symmetry (Part III) (1996) (0)
Public Utility Law (2008) (0)
NASA and ESA Collaboration on Hexavalent Chrome Free Coatings (2017) (0)
Until the End of Time (2020) (0)
Numerical Evaluation of Accelerated-Assisted Entanglement Harvesting (2016) (0)
Geometry of Compactification (1992) (0)
Superstrings and Related Matters: Proceedings of the 1999 Spring Workshop (2000) (0)
Scaling behavior on the space of Calabi-Yau manifolds (1996) (0)
Trouble with physics: The roots of reality (2013) (0)
CU-TP-850 Metrics on D-brane Orbifolds (1997) (0)
^65Cu(α,p) Reaction Cross Sections for Astrophysical Interest^ (2000) (0)
What can we do with string theory (2008) (0)
Fe b 20 07 Cosmological Moduli Dynamics (2007) (0)
ASTROPHYSICAL IMPLICATIONS OF SUPERSYMMETRIC MODELS (1986) (0)
Superconformal compactifications in weighted projective space (1991) (0)
The Heart of Matter: Physicists are still asking, What's the universe made of? String theorists think they may know, and their new discipline is zeroing in on a theory of everything. (2000) (0)
Applied Mathematics (2019) (0)
Mirror symmetry in higher and lower dimensions (Part IV) (1996) (0)
Introduction to duality (1996) (0)
Aspects of Collapsing Cycles (2001) (0)
Noncompact Calabi-Yau spaces and other nontrivial backgrounds for four-dimensional superstrings (1996) (0)
Q&A: Brian Greene on music and string theory. (2010) (0)
The structure of moduli space (Part II) (1996) (0)
Why String Theory Still Offers Hope We Can Unify Physics (2017) (0)
Construction of mirror manifolds (Part I) (1996) (0)
Fields, Strings and Duality: TASI 96Proceedings of the Theoretical Advanced Study Institute in Elementary Particle Physics (1997) (0)
The Promise of String Cosmology (2003) (0)
Geometry and quantum field theory: A brief introduction (1997) (0)

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