Memories of a Theoretical Physicist A Journey across the Landscape of Strings, Black Holes, and the Multiverse

• Main Author: Polchinski, Joseph (auth)
• Other Authors: Almheiri, Ahmed (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge The MIT Press 2022
• Series: The MIT Press
• Subjects: Autobiography: science, technology & medicine; Cryogenics; History of science; multiverse; theory of everything; D-branes; string theory; black holes; theoretical physics; Stephen Hawking; holographic universe; universe; string theorist; autobiography; scientist; Joseph Polchinski; life of a theoretical physicist
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A groundbreaking theoretical physicist traces his career, reflecting on the successes and failures, triumphs and insecurities of a life cut short by cancer. The groundbreaking theoretical physicist Joseph Polchinski explained the genesis of his memoir this way: "Having only two bodies of knowle...