The Black Hole War by Leonard Susskind

The Black Hole War by Leonard Susskind

This is the inside account of the battle over the true nature of black holes--with nothing less than our understanding of the entire universe at stake. What happens when something is sucked into a black hole? Does it disappear? Three decades ago, a young physicist named Stephen Hawking claimed that it did--and in doing so, put at risk everything we know about the fundamental laws of the universe. 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 theories of black holes with their own sense of reality, an effort that would eventually result in Hawking admitting he was wrong and Susskind and 't Hooft realizing that our world is a hologram projected from the outer boundaries of space. A brilliant book about the deepest mysteries of modern physics, The Black Hole War is mind-bending and exhilarating reading.

At Stanford University, Leonard Susskind is the Felix Bloch professor of theoretical physics. He is a member of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences and the author of The Cosmic Landscape. He has won multiple awards, including the American Institute of Physics' science writing prize for his piece on black holes in Scientific American.

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ISBN 13	9780316016407
ISBN 10	0316016403
Title	The Black Hole War
Author	Leonard Susskind
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Little, Brown & Company
Year published	2008-07-01
Number of pages	480
Prizes	Winner of L.A. Times Book Prize (Science/Technology) 2008
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