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Brian Greene

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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 severe transformation of space, showing that topology can smoothly change in string theory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Brian Greene is the 657th most popular physicist (down from 620th in 2019), the 7,273rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,056th in 2019) and the 142nd most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Brian Greene ranks 657 out of 851. Before him are Christian Møller, Giovanni Giorgi, Bernard Lovell, John Sealy Townsend, William Higinbotham, and Edward Condon. After him are C. V. Boys, Paul Scherrer, Alexis Thérèse Petit, Matvei Bronstein, Michael Green, and Mario Livio.

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Among people born in 1963, Brian Greene ranks 262. Before him are Rupert Graves, Ute Lemper, Randy Johnson, Vegard Ulvang, Peter Scully, and Shin Kyung-sook. After him are Pia Cramling, Alex Proyas, Toru Kamikawa, Slobodan Dubajić, Michael Chiklis, and Greg Nicotero.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brian Greene ranks 7,275 out of 20,380. Before him are Sandra Bem (1944), Sidney Howard (1891), Steve Aoki (1977), Earl Holliman (1928), Armen Alchian (1914), and Beverly Sills (1929). After him are Roscoe Lockwood (1875), Robert Preston (1918), David Spade (1964), Albert William Herre (1868), Jack Irons (1962), and Smedley Butler (1881).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Brian Greene ranks 142. Before him are Sidney Coleman (1937), Marcia Neugebauer (1932), Joan Feynman (1927), Charles W. Misner (1932), William Higinbotham (1910), and Edward Condon (1902). After him are Seth Neddermeyer (1907), Edith Clarke (1883), Alvin M. Weinberg (1915), Norris Bradbury (1909), Lisa Randall (1962), and Edwin H. Land (1909).

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