Monday, March 11, 2013

Brian Greene - Is Our Universe The Only Universe?


Physicist Brian Greene is the author of The Elegant Universe (Pulitzer finalist), The Fabric of the Cosmos, and The Hidden Reality (his most recent book). In this segment from the TED Radio Hour on NPR, Greene discusses some of the ideas in his latest book:
Is there more than one universe? In this visually rich, action-packed talk, Brian Greene shows how the unanswered questions of physics (starting with a big one: What caused the Big Bang?) have led to the theory that our own universe is just one of many in the "multiverse."
Enjoy.

Is Our Universe The Only Universe?

by NPR/TED STAFF
February 18, 2013

Listen to the Story

TED Radio Hour
11 min 37 sec
Download



Part 4 of the TED Radio Hour episode Peering Into Space.
More From This Episode: Peering Into Space



About Brian Greene's TED Talk

Is there more than one universe? Physicist Brian Greene shows how the unanswered questions of physics (starting with a big one: What caused the Big Bang?) have led to the theory that our own universe is just one of many in the "multiverse."

About Brian Greene

Brian Greene is perhaps the best-known proponent of superstring theory, the idea that minuscule strands of energy vibrating in a higher dimensional space-time create every particle and force in the universe. Greene, a professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University, has focused on unified theories for more than 25 years, and has written several best-selling and non-technical books on the subject including The Elegant Universe, a Pulitzer finalist, and The Fabric of the Cosmos—each of which has been adapted into a NOVA mini-series. His latest book, The Hidden Reality, explores the possibility that our universe is not the only universe.

Related NPR Stories

Web Resources

No comments: