| The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics Contributor(s): Susskind, Leonard (Author), Porter, Ray (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1433243687 ISBN-13: 9781433243684 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Compact Disc Published: August 2008 Annotation: The inside account of the battle among Stephen Hawking, Leonard Susskind, and Gerardt Hooft over the true nature of black holeswith nothing less than our understanding of the entire universe at stake |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | History - Science | Physics - Astrophysics - Science | Cosmology |
| Dewey: 530.12 |
| Physical Information: 1.45" H x 5.21" W x 5.89" (0.63 lbs) 10 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Susskind, Leonard: - Leonard Susskind is the Felix Bloch professor of theoretical physics at Stanford University. The author of The Cosmic Landscape, he is a member of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences and a recipient of numerous prizes, including the science writing prize of the American Institute of Physics for his article in Scientific Americanon black holes. Porter, Ray: -Ray Porter is an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator and fifteen-year veteran of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He has appeared in numerous films and television shows, including Almost Famous, ER, and Frasier. |