The Black Hole War

Who recommended it

1. 

   Sean Carroll Theoretical physicist

   Explicit recommendation

   Picked in his Five Books interview — Susskind's debate with Stephen Hawking over information loss.

   The best books on Cosmology, recommended by Sean M Carroll↗ Interviewfivebooks.com Five Books · 20 Jul 2011 · checked 12 Nov 2026

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