Join JANNA LEVIN AND BRIAN GREENE IN CONVERSATION TO DISCUSS OUR
FLEETING BUT UTTERLY EXQUISITE MOMENT IN THE COSMOS. BRIAN GREENE, the
world-renowned physicist and best-selling author of _The Elegant
Universe_, launches his captivating new book _Until the End of Time:
Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe_ at
Pioneer Works.
_Until the End of Time_ is Greene’s riveting exploration into the
cosmos and our quest to understand it. He takes us on a journey across
time, starting from our most refined understanding of the universe’s
beginning to the closest science can take us to the very end. How do
life and mind emerge from the initial chaos? How do our minds seek
meaning in experience: in narrative, myth, religion, creative
expression, science, the quest for truth, and our longing for the
eternal? Through a series of nested stories that explain distinct but
interwoven layers of reality—from quantum mechanics to consciousness
to black holes—Greene provides us with a clearer sense of how we
came to be, a finer picture of where we are now, and a firmer
understanding of where we are headed.
Join Janna Levin, our Director of Sciences, in conversation with Brian
Greene to grasp and gain a refined appreciation for our fleeting, but
utterly exquisite, moment in the cosmos.
Books will be available for sale at the event and a book signing will
follow the CONVERSATION. Weather permitting, there will also be
stargazing with the Amateur Astronomers Association of NY
[https://www.aaa.org/] in our garden.
Space is limited for this event, so please note that the RSVPs are
restricted to two tickets per person. We want to welcome everyone and
will do our best to accommodate our audience, although we regret that
an RSVP cannot guarantee entry. We encourage you to come early to find
a seat or a spot.
BRIAN GREENE is a professor of physics and mathematics and Director of
Columbia University's Center for Theoretical Physics and is renowned
for his groundbreaking discoveries in superstring theory. He is the
author of _The Elegant Universe_, _The Fabric of the Cosmos_, and _The
Hidden Reality_, which have collectively spent sixty-five weeks on
_The New York Times _best-seller list and sold more than two million
copies worldwide. He has hosted two Peabody and Emmy Award winning
NOVA miniseries based on his books. With producer Tracy Day, Greene
co-founded the World Science Festival.
JANNA LEVIN is the Chair and Founding Director of the Science Studios
at PIONEER WORKS. She is also the Claire Tow Professor of physics and
astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia University. A Guggenheim
Fellow, JANNA HAS CONTRIBUTED TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF BLACK HOLES, the
cosmology of extra dimensions, and gravitational waves in the shape of
spacetime. She is the presenter of the NOVA feature _Black Hole
Apocalypse_, aired on PBS—the first female presenter for NOVA in 35
years. Janna also won a PEN prize for a first work of fiction.
This project is supported by Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation
initiative dedicated to engaging everyone with the process of science.
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