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

by Leonard Susskind, James Lindesay · 2004

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- 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

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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

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