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The elegant universe

by Brian Greene

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Podcasts that mention The elegant universe by Brian Greene

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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.

β–Ί Watch this excerpt @ 00:01:37

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.

β–Ί Watch this excerpt @ 00:00:38

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.

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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'.

β–Ί Watch this excerpt @ 00:44:28

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.

β–Ί Watch this excerpt @ 00:19:47

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