The Little Book of Black Holes
( Science Essentials )
Publication series ：Science Essentials
Author： Gubser Steven S.;Pretorius Frans
Publisher： Princeton University Press
Publication year： 2017
E-ISBN: 9781400888290
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691163727
Subject： P15 stellar astronomy, extragalactic astronomy, cosmology,
Keyword： 天文学,相对论、场论,力学,宇宙学,天体物理学,天体力学（理论天文学）
Language： ENG
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Description
Dive into a mind-bending exploration of the physics of black holes
Black holes, predicted by Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity more than a century ago, have long intrigued scientists and the public with their bizarre and fantastical properties. Although Einstein understood that black holes were mathematical solutions to his equations, he never accepted their physical reality—a viewpoint many shared. This all changed in the 1960s and 1970s, when a deeper conceptual understanding of black holes developed just as new observations revealed the existence of quasars and X-ray binary star systems, whose mysterious properties could be explained by the presence of black holes. Black holes have since been the subject of intense research—and the physics governing how they behave and affect their surroundings is stranger and more mind-bending than any fiction.
After introducing the basics of the special and general theories of relativity, this book describes black holes both as astrophysical objects and theoretical “laboratories” in which physicists can test their understanding of gravitational, quantum, and thermal physics. From Schwarzschild black holes to rotating and colliding black holes, and from gravitational radiation to Hawking radiation and information loss, Steven Gubser and Frans Pretorius use creative thought experiments and analogies to explain their subject accessibly. They also describe the decades-long que
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