Inhisfirstbookever,thefatherofstringtheoryreinventstheworld’sconceptoftheknownuniverseandman’suniqueplacewithinit.Linedrawings.LeonardSusskindhasbeentheFelixBlochProfessorintheoreticalphysicsatStanfordUniversitysince1978.TheauthorofTheCosmicLandscape,heisamemberoftheNationalAcademyofScienceandtheAmericanAcademyofArtsandSciences,andtherecipientofnumerousprizesincludingthesciencewritingprizeoftheAmericanInstituteofPhysicsforhisScientificAmericanarticleonblackholes.HelivesinPaloAlto,California.
