The Black Hole War

Introduction Part I: The Gathering Storm Chapter 1: The First Shot Chapter 2: The Dark Star Chapter 3: Not Your Grandfather's Geometry Chapter 4: "Einstein, Don't Tell God What to Do" Chapter 5: Planck Invents a Better Yardstick Chapter 6: In a Broadway Bar Chapter 7: Energy and Entropy Chapter 8: Wheeler's Boys, or How Much Information Can You Stuff in a Black Hole? Chapter 9: Black Light Part II: Surprise Attack Chapter 10: How Stephen Lost His Bits and Didn't Know Where to Find Them Chapter 11: The Dutch Resistance Chapter 12: Who Cares? Chapter 13: Stalemate Chapter 14: Skirmish at Aspen Part III: Counterattack Chapter 15: The Battle of Santa Barbara Chapter 16: Wait! Reverse the Rewiring Chapter 17: Ahab in Cambridge Chapter 18: The World as a Hologram Part VI: Closing the Ring Chapter 19: Weapons of Mass Deduction Chapter 20: Alice's Airplane, or The Last Visible Propeller Chapter 21: Counting Black Holes Chapter 22: South America Wins the War Chapter 23: Nuclear Physics? You're Kidding! Chapter 24: Humility Epilogue Acknowledgments Glossary Index