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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 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... read more
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- Stephen Hawking: Portrayed in a delightfully biased light of someone who knew him personally and professionally.
- Einstein: Add a description of this character.
- Alice
- Richard Feynman
- Hooft
- Gerard
- Jacob Bekenstein
- Bob
- Steve
- James Clerk Maxwell
- Niels Bohr
- Planck
- John Wheeler
- Claudio Teitelboim
- Laplace
- Maldacena
- Minkowski
- Heisenberg
- Werner
- Newton
- Sciama
- Grant
- Michell
- Dennis
- Witten
- Anne
- Andy Strominger
- Gary Horowitz
- Sidney
- Joe Polchinski
- Roger
- Joseph
- Kelvin
- Escher
- Jeff Harvey
- Don Page
- Callan
- Morse
- Susskind
Authors & Contributors edit
- Leonard Susskind (Author)
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Page Count: 470
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: Add the country of publication.
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Page Count: 470
Awards edit
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize (2008: Science and Technology)
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 530.12
Subjects edit
- Books › Professional & Technical › Professional Science › Astronomy › Astrophysics & Space Science
- Books › Professional & Technical › Professional Science › Astronomy › Astronomy
- Books › Professional & Technical › Professional Science › Physics › Quantum Theory
- Books › Professional & Technical › Professional Science › Astronomy › Cosmology
- Books › Science › Astronomy › Cosmology
- Books › Science › Physics › Quantum Theory
- Books › Science › History & Philosophy › History of Science
- Books › Science › Physics › Cosmology
- Books › Science › Astronomy › Astrophysics & Space Science
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Professionals & Academics › Scientists
- Books › Science › Astronomy › Astronomy
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