The Black Hole War

English language

Published July 22, 2009

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978-0-316-01641-4
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Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics is a 2008 popular science book by American theoretical physicist Leonard Susskind. The book covers the black hole information paradox, and the related scientific dispute between Stephen Hawking and Susskind. Susskind is known for his work on string theory and wrote a previous popular science book, The Cosmic Landscape, in 2005.

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A trip through modern particle physics. I love that the math of string theory works so well here, but I hate that it just doesn't seem to describe the real world. Cognitive dissonance!