Steven Scott Gubser was a distinguished professor of theoretical physics whose work delved into profound questions about the cosmos. As a pivotal scientist, he contributed significantly to the development of the AdS/CFT correspondence, a concept bridging seemingly disparate realms of physics. His research laid foundational groundwork for understanding the relationship between gravitational theories and quantum field theories. Gubser's impact on theoretical physics shaped the direction of future scientific inquiry, and his legacy endures within the ongoing exploration of reality's fundamental nature.
The Little Book of Black Holes by Gubser and Pretorius provides an elegantly brief introduction to the basic properties of black holes and their occurrence in the universe. I warmly recommend it to the general reader.--Roger Penrose, author of Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe
String theory has been called the 'theory of everything'. It seeks to describe all the fundamental forces of nature. It encompasses gravity and quantum mechanics in one unifying theory. This title presents an introduction to one of the most talked-about areas of physics.