Leonard Susskind

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human physicist science writer theoretical physicist university teacher

Leonard Susskind is a theoretical physicist renowned as one of the founders of string theory and a leading contributor to quantum field theory and quantum gravity.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ physicist ⓘ science writer ⓘ theoretical physicist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
academicDegree	B.S. in physics ⓘ Ph.D. in physics ⓘ
almaMater	City College of New York ⓘ Cornell University ⓘ
awardReceived	J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize ⓘ J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics ⓘ surface form: Sakurai Prize
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1940-06-16 ⓘ
employer	Stanford University ⓘ
familyName	Leonard Susskind self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Susskind
fieldOfWork	AdS/CFT correspondence ⓘ black hole physics ⓘ cosmology ⓘ gauge–gravity duality ⓘ holographic principle ⓘ quantum field theory ⓘ quantum gravity ⓘ quantum information theory ⓘ string theory ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ
genre	physics textbook ⓘ popular science ⓘ
givenName	Leonard ⓘ
hasCollaboratedWith	Gerard ’t Hooft ⓘ Juan Maldacena ⓘ Stephen Hawking ⓘ
hasOnlineCourse	The Theoretical Minimum lecture series ⓘ surface form: The Theoretical Minimum (Stanford Continuing Studies / online lectures)
hasWritten	Classical Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum ⓘ General Relativity: The Theoretical Minimum ⓘ Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum ⓘ Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory: The Theoretical Minimum ⓘ The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics ⓘ The Cosmic Landscape: String Theory and the Illusion of Intelligent Design ⓘ The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics ⓘ
knownFor	The Theoretical Minimum lecture series ⓘ black hole complementarity ⓘ contributions to quantum field theory ⓘ contributions to quantum gravity ⓘ contributions to the black hole information paradox ⓘ foundational contributions to string theory ⓘ independent co-discovery of string theory as a theory of quantum gravity ⓘ popular science lectures ⓘ work on the holographic principle ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	American Physical Society ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
name	Leonard Susskind self-link ⓘ
notableIdea	black hole complementarity concept ⓘ holographic principle in cosmology and black holes ⓘ landscape of string theory vacua ⓘ multiverse interpretation in string theory ⓘ string theory as a theory of hadrons and gravity ⓘ
notableStudent	Lenny’s Theoretical Minimum online audience ⓘ
placeOfBirth	New York City ⓘ
positionHeld	Felix Bloch Professor of Theoretical Physics ⓘ
workLocation	Stanford, California ⓘ

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