Leonard Susskind, The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics 1 likes Like "If a system is chaotic (most are), then it implies that however good the resolving power may be, the time over which the system is predictable is limited. Leonard Susskind, Art Friedman. Only 13 left in stock - order soon. The full series delivers over 100 lectures amounting to something on the order of 200 hours of content, with some of the individual lectures having received over a million YouTube views. Susskind has also made important contributions in the following areas of physics: Susskind is the author of several popular science books. The book is a mathematical introduction to various theoretical physics concepts, such as principle of least action, Lagrangian mechanics, Hamiltonian mechanics, Poisson brackets, and electromagnetism. 2023 The Times of Israel , All Rights Reserved. This was followed by another paper by Susskind which made a few comments about Smolin's theory of "cosmic natural selection". and has four children. $39.71 $ 39. [34] Homework and study outside of class is otherwise unnecessary. Leonard Susskind has been the Felix Bloch Professor in Theoretical Physics at Stanford University since 1978, and his online lectures are viewed all around the world. Photo credit:Linda Cicero / Stanford News Service). If you would like to subscribe to his column, send an email to above address with the word Subscribe in the subject line. Smolin obliged, and on July 28, 2004, Susskind responded, saying that the logic Smolin followed "can lead to ridiculous conclusions". [26] It is Susskind's attempt to bring his idea of the anthropic landscape of string theory to the general public. Uploaded by Currently he teaches Rabbinical Students and Jewish Educators at Ohr La'Golah and Ner L'elef in Jerusalem. You aint going to be no engineer, he said. The second book in the series, by Leonard Susskind and Art Friedman, was published in 2014 by Basic Books under the title Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum (ISBN978-0465062904). From the bestselling author of The Theoretical Minimum, a DIY introduction to the math and science of quantum physics. These courses are available on The Theoretical Minimum website, on iTunes, and on YouTube. Followed by. He is also a distinguished professor at Korea Institute for Advanced Study.[15]. The book, also published in 2014 by Penguin Books under the title Classical Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum (ISBN978-0141976228), is complemented by video recordings of the complete lectures which are available on-line. He began working as a plumber at the age of 16, taking over for his father who had become ill. Later, he enrolled in the City College of New York as an engineering student, graduating with a B.S. One of the fathers of. The Theoretical Minimum is a book and a Stanford University-based continuing-education lecture series, which became a popular YouTube-featured content. 4.12 avg rating 10,516 ratings published 2008 34 editions. In the book, Susskind describes how the string theory landscape was an almost inevitable consequence of several factors, one of which was Steven Weinberg's prediction of the cosmological constant in 1987. His research interests include string theory, quantum field theory, quantum statistical mechanics and quantum cosmology. 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In an interview in the Los Angeles Times, Susskind recalls the moment he discussed with his father this change in career path: "When I told my father I wanted to be a physicist, he said, Hell no, you aint going to work in a drug store. I said no, not a pharmacist. Reviews There are no reviews yet. Susskind's hallmark, according to colleagues, has been the application of "brilliant imagination and originality to the theoretical study of the nature of the elementary particles and forces that make up the physical world.". in physics in 1962. That in short is the Second Law of ThermodynamicsBoth [the BMW and the rust heap] are collections of about 10 to the power of 28atoms [a 1 followed by 28 zeroes], mostly iron. I said, 'No, not a pharmacist.' The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics is a popular science book by Leonard Susskind and George Hrabovsky. 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