Podcast Episodes featuring Leonard Susskind

Leonard Susskind: Quantum Mechanics, String Theory, and Black Holes

Lex Fridman Podcast - September 26, 2019 16:28 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratings
Leonard Susskind is a professor of theoretical physics at Stanford University, and founding director of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics. He is widely regarded as one of the fathers of string theory and in general as one of the greatest physicists of our time both as a researcher an...

45 | Leonard Susskind on Quantum Information, Quantum Gravity, and Holography

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas - May 06, 2019 14:14 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratings
For decades now physicists have been struggling to reconcile two great ideas from a century ago: general relativity and quantum mechanics. We don’t yet know the final answer, but the journey has taken us to some amazing places. A leader in this quest has been Leonard Susskind, who has he...

#104 - Leonard Susskind

Y Combinator - December 06, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 159 ratings
Leonard Susskind is a professor of theoretical physics at Stanford University and he’s regarded as one of the fathers of string theory. He’s written several books including: The Black Hole War, The Cosmic Landscape, and the Theoretical Minimum series. He also has over 100 lectures on YouTube. ...