Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Black holes and time warps : Einstein's outrageous legacy / Kip S. Thorne.

By: Series: Commonwealth Fund Book Program (Series)Publication details: New York ; London : W.W. Norton, c1994.Description: 619 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780393035056
  • 0393035050
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.11 20 THO
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Closed Access 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.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.