Jon Cartwright speaks to Leonard Susskind about bringing a “theoretical minimum” of real physics to people all over the world through his online courses (Courtesy: Linda A Cicero/Stanford News Service ...

The big thing that needs unifying, in everyone's view, is to tie the force of gravity in with the other fundamental forces. Galison suggested that this is more challenging than it appears, noting the ...

After abandoning family plans to go into the heating business, Leonard Susskind went on to become a founder of string theory. He is the director of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics in ...

Eric Weinstein launches a brutal critique of modern theoretical physics, string theory, academic gatekeeping, scientific institutions, and what he calls “Science TM.” From Leonard Susskind and Brian ...

If you’re ever banished to a desert island and allowed to take just one book, here it is. Given enough time, with no distractions, you could use it to eventually master quantum mechanics. Susskind’s ...

Oct. 17, Tuesday -- Our entire outlook is about to change as physicists put forward theories that our universe is just a tiny pocket in a stupendous landscape, says Leonard Susskind, professor of ...

Explore the Cosmic Landscape in String Theory as Susskind navigates the Anthropic Principle in Physics. Discover the implications in detail. Physics World has a review* of Leonard Susskind's new book ...

He probably won’t like me for saying this, but Leonard Susskind of Stanford University looks a bit like Charles Darwin. The reason I know is that Susskind – one of the father figures of string theory ...