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Information about the quantum states in a region of spacetime may be somehow
coded on the boundary of the region, which has two dimensions less. This is like
the way that a hologram carries a three-dimensional image on a two-dimensional
surface. If quantum gravity incorporates the holographic principle, it may mean
that we can keep track of what is inside black holes. This is essential if we
are to be able to predict the radiation that comes out of black holes. If we
can't do that, we won't be able to predict the future as fully as we
thought. This is discussed in Chapter 4. Holography is discussed again in
Chapter 7. It seems we may live on a 3-branea four-dimensional (three space
plus one time) surface that is the boundary of a five-dimensional region, with
the remaining dimensions curled up very small. The state of the world on a brane
encodes what is happening in the five-dimensional region.
Excerpted from The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen Hawking Copyright 2001 by Stephen Hawking. Excerpted by permission of Bantam, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
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