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Black hole war : my battle with Stephen Hawking to make the world safe for quantum mechanics

Susskind, Leonard

Overview

A mind-bending book about modern physics, quantum mechanics, the fate of stars and the deep mysteries of black holes. 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. This is the story of their united effort to reconcile Hawking's revolutionary theories with their own sense of reality--effort that would eventually result in Hawking admitting he was wrong, paying up, and Susskind and t'Hooft realizing that our world is a hologram projected from the outer boundaries of space.--From publisher description.

• Publisher: Back Bay Books
• Subject: Hawking, S. W. / Quantum theory. / General relativity (Physics) / Black holes (Astronomy) / Space and time. / Théorie quantique. / Relativité générale (Physique). / Trous noirs (Astronomie). / Espace et temps.
• ISBN: 9780316016414, 0316016411

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
QC174.12.S896 2009	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE