Dutch professor and physicist Robbert Dijkgraaf says the idea of black holes falls right in between the two largest theories in physics–general relativity and quantum mechanics. General relativity describes large structures in the universe while quantum mechanics describes atoms and elementary particles.
At this year’s World Science Festival in New York, Dr. Stephen Hawking joined the audience as Dr. Dijkgraaf gave the New York audience a Black Holes 101 lesson.
“Can a black hole be the size of a particle? To answer the question you have to marry the two theories of relativity and quantum mechanics.” — Robbert Dijkgraaf
Later Dr. Hawking and his daughter Lucy sat down with Diane Sawyer at ABC News for an interview, ranging from the mysteries of the universe to the definition of God.
