Black holes and time warps : Einstein's outrageous legacy / Kip S. Thorne.
Series: Commonwealth Fund Book Program (Series)Publication details: New York ; London : W.W. Norton, c1994.Description: 619 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780393035056
- 0393035050
- 530.11 20 THO
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book Closed Access | Engineering Library | 530.11 THO 1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0012093 |
Contents;
Prologue: A voyage among the holes
1. The relativity of space and time
2. The wrapping of space and time
3. Black holes discovered and rejected
4. The mystery of the white dwarfs
5. Implosion is compulsory
6. Implosion to what?
7. The golden age
8. The search
9. Serendipity
10. Ripples of curvature
11. What is reality?
12. Black holes evaporate
13. Inside black holes
14. Wormholes and time machines
Bibliographical references : p. [585]-600 Subject index : p. 601-612 . _ People index : 613-619.
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