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Over the centuries, monumental upheavals in science have emerged time and again from following the leads set out by mathematics.

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Brian Greene
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 9
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Brian Randolph Greene
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Every moment is as real as every other. Every 'now,' when you say, 'This is the real moment,' is as real as every other 'now' - and therefore all the moments are just out there. Just as every location in space is out there, I think every moment in time is out there, too.
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Experimental evidence is the final arbiter of right and wrong.
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I believe the process of going from confusion to understanding is a precious, even emotional, experience that can be the foundation of self-confidence.
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When you know the answer you want, it is often all too easy to figure out a way of getting it.
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If the theory turns out to be right, that will be tremendously thick and tasty icing on the cake.
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