Lex Fridman Podcast
#359 – Andrew Strominger: Black Holes, Quantum Gravity, and Theoretical Physics
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Soft Hair on Black Holes: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.00921
Photon Rings Around Warped Black Holes: https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.01674
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() – Introduction
() – Black holes
() – Albert Einstein
() – Quantum gravity
() – String theory
() – Holographic principle
() – De Sitter space
() – Speed of light
() – Black hole information paradox
() – Soft particles
() – Physics vs mathematics
() – Theory of everything
() – Time
() – Photon rings
() – Thought experiments
() – Aliens
() – Nuclear weapons
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