All around the universe, praise for THE BLACK HOLE WAR
"You could dismiss it all as nerd-on-nerd violence, but then you'd miss out on Susskind explaining why the universe is actually a hologram." —Time
"A gregarious narrative of intellectual brinkmanship . . . like the best teachers, Susskind makes it fun to learn. With a deft use of analogy and a flair for language, he tames the most ferocious concepts." —Los Angeles Times Book Review
"[Susskind] is famous within the physics community for his wit and storytelling abilities; they are pleasantly on display in THE BLACK HOLE WAR. . . . it will richly reward anyone who takes the time to ponder the intricacies of its themes." —Wall Street Journal
"Clear writing and a sprinkling of black-and-white doodles make this upward trudge through Theoretical Physics 101 (and 201) a satisfying haul."
—Discover
About me: The inside account of the battle among Stephen Hawking, Leonard Susskind, and Gerard't Hooft over the true nature of black holes--with nothing less than our understanding of the entire universe at stake.
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What happens when something is sucked into a black hole? Does it disappear? Three decades ago, a young physicist named Stephen Hawking claimed it did-and in doing so put at risk everything we know about physics and the fundamental laws of the universe. Most scientists didn't recognize the import of Hawking's claims, but Leonard Susskind and Gerard't Hooft realized the threat, and responded with a counterattack that changed the course of physics. The Black Hole War is the thrilling story of their united effort to reconcile Hawking's revolutionary theories of black holes with their own sense of reality-effort that would eventually result in Hawking admitting he was wrong, paying up, and Susskind and Hooft realizing that our world is a hologram projected from the outer boundaries of space.
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"A brilliant book about modern physics, quantum mechanics, the fate of stars and the deep mysteries of black holes, Leonard Susskind's account of the Black Hole War is mind-bending and exhilarating reading."
-Motls.blogspot.com
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One of the most talked about videos ever produced, Stephen Hawking, Leonard Susskind and Gerard't Hooft "Hawking's Paradox." view it for yourself.
Who I'd like to meet: Leonard Susskind has been the Felix Bloch Professor in theoretical physics at Stanford University since 1978. The author of The Cosmic Landscape, he is a member of the National Academy of Science and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and recipient of numerous prizes including the science writing prize of the American Institute of Physics for his Scientific American article on black holes.
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