Smolin obliged, and on July 28, 2004, Susskind responded, saying that the logic Smolin followed "can lead to ridiculous conclusions. He was the first to introduce the idea of the string theory landscape in 2003. His research interests include string theory, quantum field theory, quantum statistical mechanics and quantum cosmology. in physics in 1962. While speaking at NASA Research Park, he was asked the following by the moderator of the event: Please comment on the lack of intelligent design in the universe. He has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. This was followed by another paper by Susskind which made a few comments about Smolin's theory of "cosmic natural selection. Youre going to be Einstein." Susskind then studied at Cornell University under Peter A. Carruthers where he received his Ph.D. in 1965. Rabbi Moshe Averick is the author of The Confused World of Modern Atheism(Mosaica Press, 2016)available onAmazon and in fine bookstores and TheBookDepository.com. And if you have the temerity to inquire, Uh, where Sir, did you say that assembly line came from? He may well irritably respond, Well we dont know but were working on it; after all Science doesnt know everything!. What is absolutely amazing, though, is that despite what he said at NASA Park, no one presents a better case for a Creator of life than Dr. Leonard Susskind himself! He then published his theory in his book, The Black Hole War. Witten, E., Nambu, Y., Yang, C. N., THOOFT, G., Atiyah, M. F., Susskind, L., Gaillard, M. K., Neeman, Y., Deser, S., TEITELBOIM, C., Gross, D., Adler, S., Weinberg, S., Brout, R., DeWitt, B., Englert, F., FUBINI, S., Regge, T., WIGNER, E. P., Wheeler, J. He has been married twice, first in 1960, and has four children. Roberts, D. A., Stanford, D., Susskind, L. Deconfinement transition as black hole formation by the condensation of QCD strings, Tree-like structure of eternal inflation: A solvable model. The Theoretical Minimum is a book and a Stanford University-based continuing-education lecture series, which became a popular YouTube-featured content. Polchinski, J., Susskind, L., Toumbas, N. A note on discrete light cone quantization, Schwarzschild black holes from matrix theory. Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics is a 2008 popular science book by American theoretical physicist Leonard Susskind.The book covers the black hole information paradox, and the related scientific dispute between Stephen Hawking and Susskind. saving. Brown, A. R., Gharibyan, H., Penington, G., Susskind, L. Complexity geometry and Schwarzian dynamics. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and the American . 4.33. Halyo, E., Kol, B., Rajaraman, A., Susskind, L. Rotational invariance in the M(atrix) formulation of type IIB theory. [3] It is the first book in a series called The Theoretical Minimum, based on Stanford Continuing Studies courses taught by world renowned physicist Leonard Susskind. 'You ain't going to be no engineer,' he said. The question addressed here is why our universe is fine-tuned for our existence. Susskind has also made important contributions in the following areas of physics: Susskind is the author of several popular science books. Smolin e-mailed Susskind asking for a comment. Russo, J. G., Susskind, L., THORLACIUS, L. INFORMATION LOSS AND ANOMALOUS SCATTERING, FLUID-DYNAMICS, CHERN-SIMONS THEORY, AND THE QUANTUM HALL-EFFECT, CREATING THE BARYON ASYMMETRY AT THE ELECTROWEAK PHASE-TRANSITION. He began working as a plumber at the age of 16, taking over from 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. In 2007, Susskind joined the Faculty of Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, as an Associate Member. The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics is a popular science book by Leonard Susskind and George Hrabovsky. If you left the pile of rust for another 500 years, you could be pretty sure it wouldnt turn back into a working BMW. A separate series of lectures on Quantum Mechanics and Special Relativity, Leonard Susskind's Homepage (Stanford University), Smolin vs. Susskind: The Anthropic Principle, Leonard Susskind: My friend Richard Feynman, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Susskind, https://www.jewage.org/wiki/en/Article:Leonard_Susskind_-_Biography, The independent discovery of the string theory model of particle physics, The development of Hamiltonian lattice gauge theory, The theory of scaling violations in deep inelastic electroproduction, The theory of symmetry breaking sometimes known as "technicolor theory", The second, yet independent, theory of cosmological baryogenesis (Sakharov's work was first, but was mostly unknown in the Western hemisphere. We illustrate and test the conjecture in the context of neutral, charged, and rotating black holes in anti-de Sitter spacetime, as well as black holes perturbed with static shells and with shock waves. His research interests include string theory, quantum field theory, quantum statistical mechanics and quantum cosmology. This covers the general theory of relativity. He is a member of the National Academy of Science and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the recipient of numerous prizes including the science writing prize of the American . He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an associate member of the faculty of Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, and a distinguished professor of the Korea Institute for Advanced Study. 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. Lowe, D. A., Polchinski, J., Susskind, L., THORLACIUS, L., UGLUM, J. Kallosh, R., Linde, A., Linde, D., Susskind, L. ASYMPTOTIC LEVEL DENSITY IN HETEROTIC STRING THEORY AND ROTATING BLACK-HOLES, BLACK-HOLE ENTROPY IN CANONICAL QUANTUM-GRAVITY AND SUPERSTRING THEORY, STRINGS, BLACK-HOLES, AND LORENTZ CONTRACTION, INFORMATION SPREADING IN INTERACTING STRING FIELD-THEORY, GEDANKEN EXPERIMENTS INVOLVING BLACK-HOLES, THE STRETCHED HORIZON AND BLACK-HOLE COMPLEMENTARITY, STRING THEORY AND THE PRINCIPLE OF BLACK-HOLE COMPLEMENTARITY, TACHYON HAIR ON 2-DIMENSIONAL BLACK-HOLES, COSMIC CENSORSHIP IN 2-DIMENSIONAL GRAVITY. Brown, A. R., Roberts, D. A., Susskind, L., Swingle, B., Zhao, Y. Addendum to computational complexity and black hole horizons, The typical-state paradox: diagnosing horizons with complexity, ER=EPR, GHZ, and the consistency of quantum measurements, Computational complexity and black hole horizons. Dr. Susskind worked at Yeshiva University as an Associate Professor from 1966 to 1979, with a year at University of Tel . He has been married twice, first in 1960, Leonard Susskind A Biography (last accessed August 12, 2007). Susskind was born to a poor Jewish family from the South Bronx section of New York City, and now resides in Palo Alto, California. Topics include: 1) the. Stanford, CA 94305-4060sitpadmin [at] lists.stanford.eduCampus Map, Ph.D., Cornell University, Physics (1965), B.S., City College of New York, Physics (1962). There is also a supplemental website for the book. In order to understand what I mean by that, one must realize that Origin of Life and Darwinian evolution are fundamentally and conceptually separate areas of science. ), Dr. Susskind responded by saying: I dont believe the universe was designed by an intelligence. He poked me in the chest with a piece of plumbing pipe. Followed by. He may be contacted at:RabbiMosheDavidAverick@gmail.com. His research interests include string theory, quantum field theory, quantum statistical mechanics and quantum cosmology. Susskind was one of at least three physicists who independently discovered during or around 1970 that the Veneziano dual resonance model of strong interactions could be described by a quantum mechanical model of strings, and was the first to propose the idea of the string theory landscape. Where did the astounding machinery of a living cell a pre-requisite for evolution come from? Showing 17 distinct works. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. "[37] The SmolinSusskind debate finally ended with each of them agreeing to write a final letter which would be posted on the edge.org website, with three conditions attached: (1) No more than one letter each; (2) Neither sees the other's letter in advance; (3) No changes after the fact. Darwinian evolution which is driven by random mutations in the replication of the DNA in a living cell is only relevant and operative after life begins. [26] It is Susskind's attempt to bring his idea of the anthropic landscape of string theory to the general public. DILATON TADPOLES, STRING CONDENSATES AND SCALE-INVARIANCE, QUANTUM COSMOLOGY IN 2+1 AND 3+1 DIMENSIONS, DIFFICULTIES FOR THE EVOLUTION OF PURE STATES INTO MIXED STATES, HIGHER ENERGY PHYSICS - WHAT ARE THE POSSIBILITIES FOR EXTENDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ELEMENTARY-PARTICLES AND THEIR INTERACTIONS TO MUCH GREATER ENERGIES - PROCEEDINGS OF THE XVIIITH SOLVAY CONFERENCE ON PHYSICS AT THE UNIVERSITY-OF-TEXAS, AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA, NOVEMBER 1982 - GENERAL DISCUSSIONTI. Little, Brown $24.95 (403p) ISBN 978--316-15579-3. In 1997, Susskind was awarded the J.J. Sakurai Prize for his "pioneering contributions to hadronic string models, lattice gauge theories, quantum chromodynamics, and dynamical symmetry breaking." Having not had the chance to read the paper, Susskind requested a summarization of his arguments. Susskind co-authored a series of companion books to his lecture series The Theoretical Minimum. 382 Via Pueblo Mall In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it. Brown, A. R., Gharibyan, H., Streicher, A., Susskind, L., Thorlacius, L., Zhao, Y. Quantum complexity and negative curvature, Copenhagen vs Everett, Teleportation, and ER=EPR. The third book in the series, by Leonard Susskind and Art Friedman, was published in 2017. The following courses are available: (Note that some of the lecture names are a little mixed-up: He was the first to introduce the idea of the string theory landscape in 2003. The Cosmic Landscape: String Theory and the Illusion of Intelligent Design is Susskind's first popular science book, published by Little, Brown and Company on December 12, 2005. Banks, T., Fischler, W., Klebanov, I. R., Susskind, L. Fischler, W., Halyo, E., Rajaraman, A., Susskind, L. Instantons, scale invariance and Lorentz invariance in matrix theory. Susskind was an Assistant Professor of Physics, then an Associate Professor at Yeshiva University (19661970), after which he went for a year at the University of Tel Aviv (197172), returning to Yeshiva to become a Professor of Physics (19701979). Search the history of over 797 billion 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.". Brown, A. R., Gharibyan, H., Lin, H. W., Susskind, L., Thorlacius, L., Zhao, Y. His research interests include string theory, quantum field theory, quantum statistical mechanics, and quantum cosmology. Photo credit:Linda Cicero / Stanford News Service). Since 1979 he has been Professor of Physics at Stanford University, and since 2000 has held the Felix Bloch Professorship of Physics. These courses are available on The Theoretical Minimum website, on iTunes, and on YouTube. Leonard Susskind is the Felix Bloch professor of Theoretical physics at Stanford University. [34] Homework and study outside of class is otherwise unnecessary. Fischler, W., Nilles, H. P., Polchinski, J., Raby, S., Susskind, L. SIKIVIE, P., Susskind, L., Voloshin, M., Zakharov, V. FERMION REPRESENTATION FOR THE Z2 LATTICE GAUGE-THEORY IN 2+1 DIMENSIONS, BARYON ASYMMETRY IN THE VERY EARLY UNIVERSE, LATTICE MODELS OF QUARK CONFINEMENT AT HIGH-TEMPERATURE, STRONG-COUPLING EXPANSIONS AND PHASE-DIAGRAMS FOR THE O(2), O(3), AND O(4) HEISENBERG SPIN SYSTEMS IN 2 DIMENSIONS, DYNAMICS OF SPONTANEOUS SYMMETRY-BREAKING IN THE WEINBERG-SALAM THEORY, QUARK CONFINEMENT IN UNUSUAL ENVIRONMENTS, ORDER AND DISORDER IN GAUGE SYSTEMS AND MAGNETS, PHASES OF 2-DIMENSIONAL HEISENBERG SPIN SYSTEMS FROM STRONG-COUPLING EXPANSIONS, STRONG-COUPLING CALCULATIONS OF HADRON SPECTRUM OF QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS. The courses collectively teach everything required to gain a basic understanding of each area of modern physics, including much of the fundamental mathematics. Susskind was one of at least three physicists who independently discovered during or around 1970 that the Veneziano dual resonance model of strong interactions could be described by a quantum mechanical model of strings, and was the first to propose the idea of the string theory landscape. This was followed by another paper by Susskind which made a few comments about Smolin's theory of "cosmic natural selection". 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