Leonard Susskind
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Leonard Susskind is an American theoretical physicist, professor of theoretical physics at Stanford University and founding director of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics. His research interests are string theory, quantum field theory, quantum statistical mechanics and quantum cosmology.
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My physics has been extremely mainstream, ... It's not true that I'm some sort of a [radical thinker], not at all.
During an interview with Y Combinator - Published on Dec 6, 2018.
The problem with general relativity is that the principles are pretty simple and the computations are always ugly.
General Relativity Lecture 5, YouTube, published 30 October 2012 (quote at 1:21:46 of 1:39:06)
A straight line is a special case of a curve. It's a curve which is uncurved.
Einstein's General Theory of Relativity Lecture 7, YouTube, published 12 March 2009 (quote at 1:27 of 1:56:43)
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Leonard Susskind is an American theoretical physicist, professor of theoretical physics at Stanford University and founding director of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics. His research interests are string theory, quantum field theory, quantum statistical mechanics and quantum cosmology. He is a member of the US 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.
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