Pickover, Clifford A. Black Holes A Traveler's Guide
1. Edition - March 1998 21.90 Euro 1998. XIV, 210 Pages, Softcover ISBN-10: 0-471-19704-1 ISBN-13: 978-0-471-19704-1 - John Wiley & Sons
Short description Now in paper! In this inventive work, Clifford Pickover takes us to the most interesting place in the universe-the heart of a black hole. Adding an entertaining touch of science fiction to the science facts, he creates two scientists of the future who travel to a black hole and perform experiments that answer such intriguing questions as: How close would you have to get to be sucked into a black hole? How would you get back out? Are they really portals to parallel universes and time travel?
From the 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.
