Absolutely fundamental quarrel

In outstanding popularizer, Leonard Susskind says the single combat of ideas that opposed the more than twenty years to another size of theoretical physics: Stephen Hawking.Avant the surprising denouement, it reviews the concepts of thermodynamics, relativity , strings, and above all what the concept of bit of information for a physicist. What is remarkable in this duel at the highest level is that it will lead to an amazing discovery of modern science: not only information (ie all matter) does not disappear into a black hole (as was supposed), but also the universe around us is merely a hologram. It is a revolution of thought breathtaking, as fundamental and amazing that the concept of round earth in the middle ages. Since 2004 the holographic principle has become the spearhead of global téorique physics. Many sketches help the reader well. A dense book that should be read several times.