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(September 25, 2019), "Andrew Strominger: Solving the Puzzle of Black Holes", World Science Festival, YouTube at: pHCfooCqTrw&t=446s (quote at 7:26 of 35:03, partly from slides & partly from voice, in video; part of the Big Ideas Series, supported by the John Templeton Foundation)
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The uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics says that all spacetime positions are slightly uncertain. ... Nothing is immune from the uncertainty principle. ... Applying the uncertainty principle to Einstein's curved spacetime, we find the rug of physics pulled from under our feet.

— Andrew Strominger

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Andrew Strominger

About Andrew Strominger

Andrew Eben Strominger (born July 30, 1955) is an American theoretical physicist, known for his research on quantum gravity and string theory. He has been awarded the Physics Frontiers Breakthrough Prize (2012), the Klein Medal (2014), Dirac Medal (2014), and the Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (2016).