Black holes: from a classical to a quantum description

Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Focussing on the work of Gary Gibbons and Robert Wald, in this video ICTP Director Atish Dabholkar talks about how the medallists work on black holes has provided the foundations for further explorations of the quantum aspects of black holes such as the laws of black hole thermodynamics and holography.

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