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The Black Hole War

My Battle to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics

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The Black Hole War

By: Leonard Susskind
Narrated by: Ray Porter
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What happens when something is sucked into a black hole? Does it disappear? Three decades ago, a young physicist named Stephen Hawking claimed that it did - and in doing so, put at risk everything we know about the fundamental laws of the universe. Leonard Susskind and Gerard 't Hooft realized the threat and responded with a counterattack that changed the course of physics.

The Black Hole War is the thrilling story of their united effort to reconcile Hawking's theories of black holes with their own sense of reality, an effort that would eventually result in Hawking admitting he was wrong and Susskind and 't Hooft realizing that our world is a hologram projected from the outer boundaries of space.

A brilliant book about the deepest mysteries of modern physics, The Black Hole War is mind-bending and exhilarating listening.

©2008 Leonard Susskind (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Astronomy Astronomy & Space Science Cosmology History History & Philosophy Physics Professionals & Academics Science Science & Technology Black Hole War Thought-Provoking Mathematics Nonfiction
Fascinating Physics Explanations • Illuminating Scientist Stories • Excellent Narration • Accessible Complex Concepts
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Since finishing This masterpiece, I played roulette! Randomly spinning the chapter listing and picking a chapter to listen to! it was difficult for me to put down.

Amazing! I loved it!

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I guess it makes sense after listening to the book but I got more than I expected. Black holes force people to consider both quantum mechanics and gravity. So you get a little quantum mechanics, relativity as well as the history of the people/ideas involved. Very much enjoyed it.

Plus Ray Porter is one of the best narrators there is, imo.

More than just black holes

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Very well written and the author tried to explain extremely complex concepts in simple ways. I must admit that at times I used to get lost but couldn't stop listening.
I loved thae narration, very engaging.
All in all a job well done.
Syed Razmi

A great read to open your horizon to Black Holes

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The book was very well written and was breathtaking; and also yhe narrator deserves special mention and commendation.

breathtaking

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overall love the book good presentation of hard subjects human for the layperson to understand.

Overall good well written

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GREAT audiobook. I learned a lot about about information theory, entropy, and astronomy. The narrator presents the story well, even the very technical bits. Highly recommended!

The Black Hole War is educational and entertaining

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Leonard's life's passion, friendships and solid values allows the reader to take one of the greatest rides and fly close to the sun with so many of the great physicist of our time. I have read close to 100 books on this and or related topics and Leonard's sensibilities and abilities to articulate very complex concepts in an entertaining and informative!

Turn Pager with forward thinking with incredible relevance!

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I like Leonard Susskind, but I never realized how important those diagrams are until I read the physical copy of this book. That being said: I love how he does not “dumb down” the material present in the book. however, there is a lot of him “hamming it up” and the book could have been compressed to about 8hrs

Not the best book for an “audiobook”

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Awesome as expected... a bit vain, but fantastic writing, narration, and story.. sometimes mind bending, but worth the trip. highly recommend and looking for more...

Awesome

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loved it, the physics was written in a way that was very easy to understand

great book Very educational

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