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Entanglement and Complexity: Gravity and Quantum Mechanics

Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics · lecture · Watch on YouTube

Quantum physicsCosmology & astrophysicsUniversity lectures & courses

What it is

Leonard Susskind lectures at Stanford on how gravity and quantum information theory have merged into a new way of thinking about physics. He covers entanglement and complexity, with applications from black holes to strange metals and the foundations of quantum mechanics.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Commenters recommend it as a clear, characteristically engaging Susskind lecture for people trying to grasp the entanglement and gravity connection.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “Mr.Susskind has a Stanford lecture on this topic detailing the physics in his own unique & awesome way”

    Susskind's lecture explaining the physics in his own way

    jharohit, 2015-11 · Recommendation · in “SLAC Theorist Lance Dixon Explains Quantum Gravity”

  2. “I found these lectures by Leonard Susskind very insightful”

    One of several insightful Susskind lectures

    ithkuil, 2019-01 · Recommendation · in “Strangeness of Black Holes”

  3. “How about another lecture by Leonard Susskind?”

    Susskind lecture on connectivity of space arising from entanglement

    philipov, 2019-04 · Recommendation · in “Travel through wormholes is possible, but slow”

  4. “I've been incessantly watching lectures in this space to try to beat an understanding into my dumb dumb brain because it's super, super fucking cool.”

    Among lectures the commenter watched while learning gravity-entanglement ideas

    hughesjj, 2023-07 · Recommendation · in “The Physicist Who’s Challenging the Quantum Orthodoxy”

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Topics: susskind, black holes, wormholes, quantum information, complexity

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