Andrew Strominger: Black Holes, Quantum Gravity, and Theoretical Physics | Lex Fridman Podcast

Andrew Strominger is a theoretical physicist at Harvard. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Andrew's website: https://www.physics.harvard.edu/peopl...
Andrew's papers:
Soft Hair on Black Holes: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.00921
Photon Rings Around Warped Black Holes: https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.01674

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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
1:12 - Black holes
6:16 - Albert Einstein
25:44 - Quantum gravity
29:56 - String theory
40:44 - Holographic principle
48:41 - De Sitter space
53:53 - Speed of light
1:00:40 - Black hole information paradox
1:08:20 - Soft particles
1:17:27 - Physics vs mathematics
1:26:37 - Theory of everything
1:41:58 - Time
1:44:24 - Photon rings
2:00:05 - Thought experiments
2:08:26 - Aliens
2:14:04 - Nuclear weapons

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