An introduction to black holes, information, and the string theory revolution
Subtitle: the holographic universe
By: Leonard Susskind, James Lindesay
Contributors: Lindesay, James
Publisher: World Scientific; World Scientific Publishing Company; World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Hackensack, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
Subjects: Black holes (Astronomy); Holography; Superstring theories
Other titles: Black holes, information, and the string theory revolution; Holographic universe
Description: "Over the last decade the physics of black holes has been revolutionized by developments that grew out of Jacob Bekenstein's realization that black holes have entropy. This revolution has culminated in a remarkable principle called "the holographic principle," which is now a major focus of attention in gravitational research, quantum field theory and elementary particle physics. Leonard Susskind, one of the co-inventors of the holographic principle as well as one of the founders of string theory, develops and explains these concepts."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 179) and index