Jon Cartwright speaks to Leonard Susskind about bringing a “theoretical minimum” of real physics to people all over the world through his online courses (Courtesy: Linda A Cicero/Stanford News Service ...

After abandoning family plans to go into the heating business, Leonard Susskind went on to become a founder of string theory. He is the director of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics in ...

Susskind, a founder of string theory and author of the current bestseller “The Cosmic Landscape,” is not a huge fan of science fiction — and for good reason. “Science to me is sufficiently weird and ...

The renowned physicist Leonard Susskind has identified a possible quantum origin for the ever-growing volume of black holes. In a series of recent papers and talks, the 78-year-old Stanford University ...

Lowry Kirkby reviews The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics by Leonard Susskind and George Hrabovsky Thirst for physics: Leonard Susskind's popular series of lectures ...

First proposed by Gerard 't Hooft, it was given a precise string-theory interpretation by Leonard Susskind. The principle states that the description of a volume of space should be thought of as ...

Robyn Williams: Just a reminder, though you probably don't need one, that this is the International Year of Physics, commemorating Einstein's insights, on virtually everything, back in 1905. And one ...