Finished "The Black Hole War My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics" - Leonard Susskind.
I liked this book - I'm really interested in physics these days. As with most books that are semi-biographical, there is a tendency for the author to look arrogant at some points.
The coverage of quantum mechanics, the quirks, sub-atomic particles etc. are well stated and worth listening to - quantum mechanics is odd enough that you need to hear from several sources. The "battle" was a little less interesting - whether or not information is lost in black holes is interesting, but it didn't "read" as a battle - the entire picture is certainly interesting enough without the battle.
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