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Brian Greene, author of ''The Elegant Universe'' and professor at Columbia University since 1996, is one of the most famous proponents of [[string theory]]. | Brian Greene, author of ''The Elegant Universe'' and professor at Columbia University since 1996, is one of the most famous proponents of [[string theory]]. | ||
| − | Greene's most significant contribution to string theory is his application of Calabi-Yau manifolds to string theory's extra dimensions. According to Greene, these manifolds describe the shape of the extra dimensions. | + | Greene's most significant contribution to string theory is his application of [[Calabi-Yau]] manifolds to string theory's extra dimensions. According to Greene, these manifolds describe the shape of the extra dimensions. |
When string theory's extra dimensions take on the form of Calabi-Yau manifolds, three dimensional physics experiences a phenomenon called [[supersymmetry]]. | When string theory's extra dimensions take on the form of Calabi-Yau manifolds, three dimensional physics experiences a phenomenon called [[supersymmetry]]. | ||
Revision as of 03:07, May 11, 2009
Brian Greene, author of The Elegant Universe and professor at Columbia University since 1996, is one of the most famous proponents of string theory.
Greene's most significant contribution to string theory is his application of Calabi-Yau manifolds to string theory's extra dimensions. According to Greene, these manifolds describe the shape of the extra dimensions.
When string theory's extra dimensions take on the form of Calabi-Yau manifolds, three dimensional physics experiences a phenomenon called supersymmetry.