RocketSTEM Issue #7 - May 2014 | Page 9

Brian Greene and the challenges of physics Interview by Sherry Valare Have you ever stared up at the night sky contemplating how the universe works? Have day prove successful in answering them. Greene is an author, professor, creator of his own Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC), Greene is searching for answers to some of the deepest questions surrounding the structure and creation of the universe. color on a canvas in my mind. He carefully approached every question without judgment – from the far-out and theoretical, to the concrete and factual. At the beginning of our interview, I furiously took notes, but as we progressed, I let the recorders do the work and just listened to the stream of thought he shared with me on some of the most beautiful and elusive mysteries surrounding the cosmos. www.RocketSTEM .org 07 07