An Introduction to Black Holes, Information and the String Theory Revolution: The Holographic Universe

Leonard Susskind, James Lindesay

World Scientific, Jan 1, 2005 - Science - 183 pages

- A unique exposition of the foundations of the quantum theory of black holes including the impact of string theory, the idea of black hole complementarily and the holographic principle
bull; Aims to educate the physicist or student of physics who is not an expert on string theory, on the revolution that has grown out of black hole physics and string theory

About the author

Leonard Susskind is the Felix Bloch Professor in theoretical physics at Stanford University. He is the author of The Cosmic Landscape, The Black Hole War, and TheTheoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics. Susskind is a member of the National Academy of Science and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the recipient of numerous prizes including the science writing prize of the American Institute of Physics for his Scientific American article on black holes.

Bibliographic information

• Title: An Introduction to Black Holes, Information and the String Theory Revolution: The Holographic Universe; G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series
• Authors: Leonard Susskind, James Lindesay
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: World Scientific, 2005
• ISBN: 9812560831, 9789812560834
• Length: 183 pages
• Subjects: Science / Physics / Astrophysics; Science / Physics / Mathematical & Computational; Science / Physics / Quantum Theory