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- Author: Leonard Susskind
- Title: The Black Hole War
- Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316016411/?tag=pfamazon01-20
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"The Black Hole War" by Leonard Susskind is a book that explores the scientific debate and controversy surrounding the nature of black holes and their relationship to other fundamental concepts in physics.
Leonard Susskind is a renowned physicist and professor at Stanford University. He is known for his contributions to string theory and quantum mechanics, and for being one of the founders of the holographic principle.
The holographic principle is a concept in physics that suggests all the information about a three-dimensional region can be encoded on a two-dimensional surface surrounding it. This principle has implications for our understanding of black holes and the nature of space-time.
The "Black Hole War" refers to the heated debate between physicists Stephen Hawking and Leonard Susskind over the fate of information that falls into a black hole. Hawking argued that information is lost forever, while Susskind believed it could be preserved through the holographic principle.
While the book does contain complex scientific concepts, Susskind presents them in an engaging and understandable way for non-scientists. A basic understanding of physics and some effort to follow the arguments presented should allow non-scientists to appreciate the book's content.