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Art makes us human, music makes us human, and I deeply feel that science makes us human.

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Brian Greene
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 9
Actor
Author
Physicist
Professor
Theoretical Physicist
Writer
New York City
New York
Brian Randolph Greene
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Science
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Music
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Humans
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