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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
- 1 online resource (viii, 470 pages)
- Contents
-
- pt. 1. The gathering storm.
- The first shot
- The dark star
- Not your grandfather's geometry
- "Einstein, don't tell God what to do"
- Planck invents a better yardstick
- In a Broadway bar
- Energy and entropy
- Wheeler's boys, or how much information can you stuff in a black hole?
- Black light
- pt. 2. Surprise attack.
- How Stephen lost his bits and didn't know where to find them
- The Dutch resistance
- Who cares?
- Stalemate
- Skirmish at Aspen
- pt. 3. Counterattack.
- The Battle of Santa Barbara
- Wait! Reverse the rewiring
- Ahab in Cambridge
- The world as a hologram
- pt. 4. Closing the ring.
- Weapon of mass deduction
- Alice's airplane, or the last visible propeller
- Counting black holes
- South America wins the war
- Nuclear physics? You're kidding!
- Humility
- Isbn
- 9780316032698
- 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
- Subject
-
- Black holes (Astronomy)
- Controversen
- General relativity (Physics)
- General relativity (Physics)
- Hawking, Stephen, 1942-
- Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018
- Heelal
- Natuurwetten
- Quantengravitation
- Quantengravitation -- Schwarzes Loch
- Quantentheorie
- Black holes (Astronomy)
- Quantum theory
- Quantum theory
- SCIENCE -- Energy
- SCIENCE -- Mechanics | General
- SCIENCE -- Physics | General
- Schwarzes Loch
- Schwarzes Loch -- Geschichte
- Schwarzes Loch -- Quantengraviation
- Space and time
- Space and time
- Zwarte gaten
- Quantentheorie
- 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
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Susskind, Leonard
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QC174.12
- LC item number
- .S896 2008eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Hawking, Stephen
- Hawking, Stephen
- Quantum theory
- General relativity (Physics)
- Black holes (Astronomy)
- Space and time
- SCIENCE
- SCIENCE
- SCIENCE
- Black holes (Astronomy)
- General relativity (Physics)
- Quantum theory
- Space and time
- Zwarte gaten
- Natuurwetten
- Heelal
- Controversen
- Schwarzes Loch
- Quantengravitation
- Schwarzes Loch
- Schwarzes Loch
- Quantentheorie
- Quantengravitation
- Quantentheorie
- Label
- The black hole war : my battle with Stephen Hawking to make the world safe for quantum mechanics, Leonard Susskind
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- pt. 1. The gathering storm. -- The first shot -- The dark star -- Not your grandfather's geometry -- "Einstein, don't tell God what to do" -- Planck invents a better yardstick -- In a Broadway bar -- Energy and entropy -- Wheeler's boys, or how much information can you stuff in a black hole? -- Black light -- pt. 2. Surprise attack. -- How Stephen lost his bits and didn't know where to find them -- The Dutch resistance -- Who cares? -- Stalemate -- Skirmish at Aspen -- pt. 3. Counterattack. -- The Battle of Santa Barbara -- Wait! Reverse the rewiring -- Ahab in Cambridge -- The world as a hologram -- pt. 4. Closing the ring. -- Weapon of mass deduction -- Alice's airplane, or the last visible propeller -- Counting black holes -- South America wins the war -- Nuclear physics? You're kidding! -- Humility
- Control code
- 879203027
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 470 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780316032698
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- LIBRARY COPY INCLUDES 1-USER PERPETUAL ACCESS TO EBOOK
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- ffef3f92-7a44-4ecb-981d-b4e0c1fa0d3e
- Publisher number
- EB00280720
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)879203027
- Label
- The black hole war : my battle with Stephen Hawking to make the world safe for quantum mechanics, Leonard Susskind
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- pt. 1. The gathering storm. -- The first shot -- The dark star -- Not your grandfather's geometry -- "Einstein, don't tell God what to do" -- Planck invents a better yardstick -- In a Broadway bar -- Energy and entropy -- Wheeler's boys, or how much information can you stuff in a black hole? -- Black light -- pt. 2. Surprise attack. -- How Stephen lost his bits and didn't know where to find them -- The Dutch resistance -- Who cares? -- Stalemate -- Skirmish at Aspen -- pt. 3. Counterattack. -- The Battle of Santa Barbara -- Wait! Reverse the rewiring -- Ahab in Cambridge -- The world as a hologram -- pt. 4. Closing the ring. -- Weapon of mass deduction -- Alice's airplane, or the last visible propeller -- Counting black holes -- South America wins the war -- Nuclear physics? You're kidding! -- Humility
- Control code
- 879203027
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 470 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780316032698
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- LIBRARY COPY INCLUDES 1-USER PERPETUAL ACCESS TO EBOOK
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- ffef3f92-7a44-4ecb-981d-b4e0c1fa0d3e
- Publisher number
- EB00280720
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)879203027
Subject
- Black holes (Astronomy)
- Controversen
- General relativity (Physics)
- General relativity (Physics)
- Hawking, Stephen, 1942-
- Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018
- Heelal
- Natuurwetten
- Quantengravitation
- Quantengravitation -- Schwarzes Loch
- Quantentheorie
- Black holes (Astronomy)
- Quantum theory
- Quantum theory
- SCIENCE -- Energy
- SCIENCE -- Mechanics | General
- SCIENCE -- Physics | General
- Schwarzes Loch
- Schwarzes Loch -- Geschichte
- Schwarzes Loch -- Quantengraviation
- Space and time
- Space and time
- Zwarte gaten
- Quantentheorie
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