Leonard Susskind
Leonard Susskind is a TED speaker who has written 2 quality-verified books, paired here with their talk.
Leonard Susskind is the Felix Bloch Professor of Physics at Stanford University. His research interests include string theory, quantum field theory, quantum statistical mechanics, and quantum cosmology. He received the Pregel Award from the New York Academy of Science (1975), and the J. J. Sakurai Prize of the American Physical Society (1998) "for his pioneering contributions to hadronic string models, lattice gauge theories, quantum chromodynamics, and dynamical symmetry breaking." He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and, since 2009, has been serving as Director of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics. He is a recent recipient of the Los Angeles Times Book Award in Science and Technology for The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics.
TED talks by Leonard Susskind
- My friend Richard Feynman (2011)
Books by Leonard Susskind
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Frequently asked questions
What books has Leonard Susskind written?
Leonard Susskind has written 2 books in the Books Worth Reading catalogue: "Cosmic Landscape", "Quantum Mechanics". Each is quality-verified and paired with their TED talk.
What does Leonard Susskind write about?
Leonard Susskind's books on Books Worth Reading cover Personal Development, Science & Technology.
What is Leonard Susskind known for?
Leonard Susskind has spent decades at the frontier of theoretical physics, grappling with the deepest questions about the nature of reality itself. As the Felix Bloch Professor at Stanford and a pioneering architect of string theory, Susskind brings a distinctive approach to physics education: he re...
What is Leonard Susskind's TED talk?
Leonard Susskind's TED talk is "My friend Richard Feynman" (2011). It is paired with their books on Books Worth Reading.