#359 – Andrew Strominger: Black Holes, Quantum Gravity, and Theoretical Physics

Andrew Strominger is a theoretical physicist at Harvard. Please
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papers: Soft Hair on Black Holes: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.00921
Photon Rings Around Warped Black Holes:
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the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click
the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (06:34)
- Black holes (11:37) - Albert Einstein (31:05) - Quantum gravity
(35:17) - String theory (46:05) - Holographic principle (54:02) -
De Sitter space (59:14) - Speed of light (1:06:02) - Black hole
information paradox (1:13:41) - Soft particles (1:22:48) - Physics
vs mathematics (1:31:58) - Theory of everything (1:47:20) - Time
(1:49:45) - Photon rings (2:05:26) - Thought experiments (2:13:47)
- Aliens (2:19:25) - Nuclear weapons