Friends’ Central School is thrilled to host 2012 Distinguished Visiting Scientist, Brian Greene, Columbia professor, physicist, string theorist, and author, on Wednesday, April 11 at 7:30 pm in Shallcross Hall. Reception immediately following lecture.
"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." -TED.com
Described as "the single best explainer of abstruse concepts in the world today" by The Washington Post, Greene, a professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University, has focused on unified theories for more than 25 years. He 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.
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Admission to the lecture is free, but tickets are required. All tickets will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Please register online, or contact Diana Bleakley in the Development Office at dbleakley@friendscentral.org.
The Friends' Central School Distinguished Scientist Program seeks to inspire the next generation of scientists, researchers, and policy makers by bringing renowned scientists to Friends' Central for courses with our students and a public lecture. For more information on our series, please visit friendscentral.org/lectures.
