I think it's too fast to say that all sci-fi ultimately winds up havin…

Brian Greene
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I think it's too fast to say that all sci-fi ultimately winds up having some place in science. On the other hand, imaginative minds working outside of science as storytellers certainly have come upon ideas that, with the passing decades, have either materialized of come close to materializing. ✨ Unraveling the 'Fabric of the Cosmos': Q&A with Brian Greene. Interview with Denise Chow, www.space.com. November 1, 2011.
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