Podcasts that mention 📚 The elegant universe by Brian Greene

The elegant universe
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Podcasts that mention The elegant universe by Brian Greene

Lex Fridman Podcast episodes that mention The elegant universe by Brian Greene
Episode: Brian Greene: Quantum Gravity, The Big Bang, Aliens, Death, and Meaning | Lex Fridman Podcast #232
Published on October 20, 2021
the following is a conversation with brian greene theoretical physicist at columbia and author of many amazing books on physics including his latest until the end of time mind matter and our search for meaning in an evolving universe
The host introduces Brian Greene and mentions his latest book by its full title.

StarTalk Radio episodes that mention The elegant universe by Brian Greene
Episode: Discussing the Frontier of Particle Physics with Brian Cox
Published on February 4, 2025
I mean there was that if you go back you know a few decades you talk to Brian Green for example and when he started working in this area he would he's a friend of Star Talk he been onest several times he would have um it's great but the elegant universe is a beautiful description of string theory and and so I think the idea initially with the Hope was that you'd have a theory and you could write it down
Brian Cox mentions Brian Greene and his book 'The Elegant Universe' while discussing string theory, calling it a beautiful description.
Episode: Neil deGrasse Tyson and Brian Greene Confront the Edge of our Understanding
Published on July 2, 2024
Right, and the one I think most people know if they know you at all is 'The Elegant Universe.'
In this segment, Neil deGrasse Tyson points out that 'The Elegant Universe' is a book that many people might recognize, authored by his guest, Brian Greene.
Episode: The Edge of Our Understanding with Brian Greene & Neil deGrasse Tyson
Published on September 21, 2023
We had my friend and colleague Brian Green theoretical physicist professor of physics and math at Columbia University author of The Very best-selling The Elegant Universe followed by The Fabric of the Cosmos followed by The Hidden Reality.
Neil deGrasse Tyson introduces Brian Greene, highlighting his role as a theoretical physicist and mentioning him as the author of the best-selling book 'The Elegant Universe', among others.
so why not a particle that makes up the smallest particles instead of this idea of a vibration or string thing that causes it to be more easily understood right and Brian let me let me prepend that by asking are you proposing that everything's made of strings just so that it's more elegant now certainly not the man who wrote the book The Elegant Universe is this a philosophical motivating force for you because Kepler had his own philosophically motivating mathematics where the planets were platonic solids and it was beautiful because it was it was math and it was and are you why do why what confidence do we have that you are describing reality and not a reality you want to be true so that the universe becomes elegant so you can sell more books we're hip to you you you in the industrial string complex so that is a key question not the uh the selling of the books one but the what is it one of aesthetics in in making these decisions
Neil deGrasse Tyson refers to Brian Greene as the author of 'The Elegant Universe' while questioning his bias towards elegant theories. This indicates the book is used as a reference point.
And your books are still out there: The Elegant Universe, the other side of the cosmos, The Hidden Reality, but the most recent is Until the End of Time, and my most favorite.
In this segment, Neil deGrasse Tyson refers to several books authored by Brian Greene, including 'The Elegant Universe', 'The other side of the cosmos', 'The Hidden Reality', and his latest work, 'Until the End of Time'.
Episode: The Fabric of Spacetime with Neil deGrasse Tyson – Cosmic Queries
Published on June 8, 2023
Our buddy Brian, the author of the bestselling book 'The Elegant Universe,' and he followed it up with 'The Fabric of the Cosmos'... Anyhow, here's what he told me...
Neil deGrasse Tyson introduces Brian Greene, mentioning his bestselling book, 'The Elegant Universe.' He also notes that Brian has written another book titled 'The Fabric of the Cosmos,' sharing insights from their discussions.
Episode: StarTalk Podcast: Cosmic Queries – Until the End of Time, with Neil deGrasse Tyson & Brian Greene
Published on May 15, 2020
and his first book that anyone knows about was a mega bestseller which was the lg universe the elegant universe and he's one of our leading string theorists
Neil deGrasse Tyson mentions Brian Greene's first book, a mega bestseller, and corrects the title.
Episode: StarTalk @ NY Comic Con: It’s About Time! (Brian Greene & Neil deGrasse Tyson)
Published on October 3, 2019
Among them, "The Fabric of the Universe", "Fabric of the Cosmos", "The Elegant Universe", and, your third of those was what?
Neil deGrasse Tyson lists this as one of Brian Greene's best-selling books.

The Joe Rogan Experience episodes that mention The elegant universe by Brian Greene
Episode: Joe Rogan Experience #1428 - Brian Greene
Published on February 19, 2020
my early books were all focused on trying to bring scientific ideas out to the general public now the elegant universe was about string theory that but the cosmos space and time hidden realities about multiple universes
Brian Greene lists his previous books aimed at the general public, mentioning this one about string theory.
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