One of the founding fathers of string theory, Professor Leonard Susskind, will give a free public lecture at the University at 6pm on Thursday 26 February.

Cosmology, black holes, quantum mechanics, string theory—some of the thorniest areas in modern physics, with thorny math included—and the lecture hall remained packed. Once the classes were taped and ...

In this interview with rock musician and physicist Brian Cox, Susskind shows his amiability while discussing string theory over wine.

Susskind was suggesting that string theory augments this grand cosmological unfolding by adorning each of the universes in the multiverse with a different shape for the extra dimensions.

Luckily, Susskind—the father of string theory—does the job right, guiding readers through the current controversy over the Anthropic Principle.