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If string theory is right, the microscopic fabric of our universe is a richly intertwined multidimensional labyrinth within which the strings of the universe endlessly twist and vibrate, rhythmically beating out the laws of the cosmos.

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