| Description |
xiv, 210 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-203) and index. |
| Contents |
How to calculate a black hole's mass -- The black hole's event horizon circumference -- Black-hole tidal forces -- A black hole's gravitational lens -- A black hole's gravitational blueshift -- Gravitational time dilation -- Anatomical dissection of black holes -- Embedding diagrams for warped space-time -- Gravitational wave recoil -- Optical appearance of a collapsing star -- Gravitational distension near a black hole's heart -- Quantum foam -- Black-hole recreations -- Mathematical black holes -- Black holes evaporate -- Wormholes, cosmological doughnuts, and parallel universes -- Postscript 1: Could we be living in a black hole? -- Postscript 2: The grand internet black-hole survey. |
| Subject |
Black holes (Astronomy)
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Black holes (Astronomy) -- Computer programs.
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| ISBN |
0471125806 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780471125808 cloth alkaline paper |
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