6/2/08. Professor of physics at Columbia, Brian Greene is the author of "The Elegant Universe" and "The Fabric of the Cosmos." In this New York Times Op-Ed piece, Professor Greene offers sage advice. He tells us that "Science is the process that takes us from confusion to understanding....reveals patterns confirmed by experiment and observation, (and) is one of the most precious of human experiences."
He notes that science tries to answer big questions:
"Where did the universe come from?
How did life originate?
How does the brain give rise to consciousness?...
We must embark on a cultural shift that places science in its rightful place alongside music, art, and literature as an indispensable part of what makes life worth living."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/01/opinion/01greene.html?em&ex=1212552000&en=b8d2f5a9a25f1d82&ei=5087%0A
2 comments:
That is a very interesting article. I first became familiar with Dr. Greene's work while watching a PBS documentary that he made about advances in String Theory, the grandest attempt at unifying physical science at all levels under one set of rules, and what struck me about his writing and documentaries were his efforts to make the most minutely abstract scientific concepts graspable for everyone, with or without scientific background. This is one more great article from a man who has made it his life's message that science is for everyone.
~Karsten Hain
That is a very interesting article. I first became familiar with Dr. Greene's work while watching a PBS documentary that he made about advances in String Theory, the grandest attempt at unifying physical science at all levels under one set of rules, and what struck me about his writing and documentaries were his efforts to make the most minutely abstract scientific concepts graspable for everyone, with or without scientific background. This is one more great article from a man who has made it his life's message that science is for everyone.
~Karsten Hain
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