Brian Greene was educated at Harvard University and at Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. In 1996, he joined Columbia University as a professor of physics and mathematics. He has lectured at both a general and a technical level around the world and is internationally acknowledged for a number of groundbreaking discoveries in superstring theory. In May 2008 he’ll be chairing the first annual World Science Festival, a gathering of the world’s leading scientists in New York City. Brian Greene lives in Andes, New York, and New York City.

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