Leonard Susskind

Leonard Susskind (; born June 16, 1940)his 60th birth anniversary was celebrated with a special symposium at Stanford University.in Geoffrey West's introduction, he gives Suskind's current age as 74 and says his birthday was recent. is an American theoretical physicist. He is a professor of theoretical physics at Stanford University. He is also a founding director of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics. His works focuses on string theory, quantum field theory, quantum statistical mechanics and quantum cosmology. He is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences. He has been seen as one of the fathers of string theory. 

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Other websites

Leonard Susskind's Faculty Page (Stanford University)
Susskind's Blog: Physics for Everyone
The Theoretical Minimum website, with the full set of free lectures
Radio Interview: Leonard Susskind discusses his life as a physicist, string theory and the holographic principle on The 7th Avenue Project radio show
The Edge:
"Interview with Leonard Susskind. "
"Smolin vs. Susskind: The Anthropic Principle" Susskind and Lee Smolin debate the Anthropic principle
Radio Interview from This Week in Science March 14, 2006 Broadcast
"Father of String Theory Muses on the Megaverse": Podcast 

 - A Ted talk


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