false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256010994m/2161966.jpg 2161966 7 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 t'Hooft realizing that our world is a hologram projected from the outer boundaries of space.<BR>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. 2167491 book 7 7 2008 The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics total:142|5:27|4:71|3:36|2:7|1:1| 142 542 327 54 5 0 false false Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 19:36:02 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 19:58:58 -0800 2009
At issue is a fundamental question of physics: does i...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 18:46:16 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 19:27:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 18:29:02 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 18:41:54 -0700 2009
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It disappointed me in a couple of places, however. In the "Battle of Santa Barbara" Susskind introduces the Black Hole Complementarity Theory. Part of the theory uses the Equivalence Principle to describe what would happen to...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed May 27 03:35:12 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 03:48:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 16:13:57 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 16:14:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 19:32:59 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 00:37:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 14:56:27 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 09:50:40 -0800 2009 1
Equivocation is my issue again. Wh...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 10:01:02 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 10:01:02 -0800 2009 Cosmology has been sexy since Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, and Stephen Hawking stormed onto the scene three decades ago, popularizing science for the masses. In The Black Hole War, Susskind plays on our insatiable appetite for the gee-whiz moment, combining lucid explanations for some complex ideas ...

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The Black Hole War is a book that fears offending any reader by asking them to think for an entire chapter. Genuinely interesting yet shallow islands of ph...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 14:24:20 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 14:32:03 -0800 2009
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Wow. And I mean, WOW. I am VERY impressed with Leonard Susskind's ability to make a very opaque subject surprisingly understandable. The Black Hole War in question was between Susskind and Stephen Hawking, and the disagreement was about whether inform...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 08:31:52 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 06:25:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 17 19:33:16 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 01 13:58:34 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 15 06:01:25 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 06:04:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 13:01:40 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 13:06:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2161966