The Black Hole War
Subtitle: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; Little, Brown
Published: July 7, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780316016407
Subjects: Astronomy - General; Quantum Theory; Science / Astronomy; Science; Black holes (Astronomy); General relativity (Physics); Quntum theory; Science/Mathematics
Description: 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.