World Science U
Free Online Course
English
Certificate Available
selfpaced
Overview
Breakthrough Prize winner Andrew Strominger and string theorist Cumrun Vafa rediscovered the elusive quantity of black hole entropy in a groundbreaking calculation. Join Professor Strominger for an overview of how string theory has allowed us to understand how, and where, black holes store information.
Syllabus
- Contradictions in Physics
- Quantum Gravity
- Black Holes
- The Black Hole Information Puzzle
- Holograms and Symmetry
Taught by
Andrew Strominger
