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001 2007048355
003 DLC
005 20080828130117.0
008 071121s2008 nyua 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aQC174.12$b.S896 2008
082 00 $a530.12$222
100 1 $aSusskind, Leonard.
245 14 $aThe black hole war :$bmy battle with Stephen Hawking to make the world safe for quantum mechanics /$cLeonard Susskind.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bLittle, Brown,$c2008.
300 $aviii, 470 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $aA 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.
650 0 $aQuantum theory.
650 0 $aGeneral relativity (Physics)
650 0 $aBlack holes (Astronomy)
650 0 $aSpace and time.
600 10 $aHawking, S. W.$q(Stephen W.)
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0804/2007048355-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0804/2007048355-d.html