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Theoretical results about black holes suggest that the universe could be like a gigantic hologram. The holographic universe is one of those books that proposes the reunification of eastern and western thought. Jacob bekenstein, third from right, who won the 2012 wolf prize in. Jacob bekenstein, physicist who revolutionized theory of black. Information in the holographic universe theoretical results about black holes suggest that the universe could be like a gigantic hologram january 1, 2006 alfred t. But jacob bekenstein noted that this leads to a violation of the second law of thermodynamics. Jacob david bekenstein, mexicanborn americanisraeli theoretical physicist born may 1, 1947, mexico city, mex. The holographic universe leonard susskind, james lindesay over the last decade the physics of black holes has been revolutionized by developments that grew out of jacob bekensteins realization. The holographic theory of the universe explained explained the idea that our universe isnt entirely real is a theory that dates back to beginnings of human civilization. Dec 23, 2004 over the last decade the physics of black holes has been revolutionized by developments that grew out of jacob bekenstein s realization that black holes have entropy. In 1973, jacob bekenstein suggested that a black hole could have a welldefined entropy proportional to the area of its event horizon. The holographic universe book online at best prices in india on. This principle is often misrepresented as the idea that the universe is actually a hologram, but it is more accurate to say there is a duality between a volume of space and the surface enclosing that volume.
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The holographic principle states that the entropy of ordinary mass not just black holes is also proportional to surface area and not volume. Now, two of the worlds most eminent thinkers university of london physicists david bohm, a former protege of einsteins and one of the worlds most respected quantum physicists, and stanford neurophysiologist karl pribram, one of the architects of our modern. The bekenstein hawking entropy is the entropy to be ascribed to any black hole. The holographic universe by leonard susskind and james lindesay overview over the last decade the physics of black holes has been revolutionized by developments that grew out of jacob bekensteins realization that.
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