Dark energy, the repulsive energy of empty space, was one of the most unexpected and astonishing discoveries in recent science. Most scientists had expected that the expansion of the universe would be slowing down due to the inward pull of gravity. In fact, the expansion of the universe is speeding up, revealing the presence of dark energy. What does it mean?
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Leonard Susskind is the Felix Bloch Professor of Theoretical Physics at Stanford University, and Director of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics. He received a BS in physics from City College of New York and a PhD from Cornell University.
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