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There may be many Big Bangs that happened at various and far-flung locations, each creating its own swelling, spatial expanse, each creating a universe - our universe being the result of only one of those Big Bangs.

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Brian Greene
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 9
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Brian Randolph Greene
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