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The black hole war : my battle with Stephen Hawking to make the world safe for quantum mechanics, Leonard Susskind
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 470 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Isbn
- 9780316016407
- Label
- The black hole war : my battle with Stephen Hawking to make the world safe for quantum mechanics
- Title
- The black hole war
- Title remainder
- my battle with Stephen Hawking to make the world safe for quantum mechanics
- Statement of responsibility
- Leonard Susskind
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Award
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology, 2008.
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- 266269
- Cataloging source
- DLC
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- Susskind, Leonard
- Dewey number
- 530.12
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QC174.12
- LC item number
- .S896 2008
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- True
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- Hawking, Stephen
- Quantum theory
- General relativity (Physics)
- Black holes (Astronomy)
- Space and time
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- my battle with Stephen Hawking to make the world safe for quantum mechanics
- Label
- The black hole war : my battle with Stephen Hawking to make the world safe for quantum mechanics, Leonard Susskind
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 706936
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 470 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316016407
- Isbn Type
- (hc.)
- Lccn
- 2007048355
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- unmediated
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- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780316016407
- (OCoLC)181603165
- Label
- The black hole war : my battle with Stephen Hawking to make the world safe for quantum mechanics, Leonard Susskind
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 706936
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 470 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316016407
- Isbn Type
- (hc.)
- Lccn
- 2007048355
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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- (Sirsi) i9780316016407
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