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050 0 0 _aQC174.12
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082 0 0 _a530.12 Su82B
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100 1 _aSusskind, Leonard.
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245 1 4 _aBlack hole war :
_bmy battle with Stephen Hawking to make the world safe for quantum mechanics /
_cLeonard Susskind.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bBack Bay Books,
_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.
600 1 0 _aHawking, Stephen.
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650 0 _aQuantum theory.
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650 0 _aGeneral relativity (Physics)
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650 0 _aBlack holes (Astronomy)
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650 0 _aSpace and time.
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856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip085/2007048355.html
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0804/2007048355-b.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0804/2007048355-d.html
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