Exploring Black Holes: Introduction to General Relativity

by Edwin F. Taylor, John Archibald Wheeler, Edmund Bertschinger

Key This unique book offers a concise, introductory overview of general relativity and black holes, motivating readers to become active participants in carrying out their own investigations. To this end, the book uses calculus and algebra, rather than tensors, to make general relativity accessible. Five chapters introduce basic concepts, and seven projects require the reader to apply these basic concepts to real astronomical applications. Key Speeding (Review of Special Relativity), Curving (Spacetime Near a Non-Rotating Black Hole), Plunging (Diving Toward a Black Hole), Project Inside The Black Hole, Orbiting (Zooming Around a Black Hole) Intended for this interested in gaining a basic knowledge of Black Holes.

Genres: Physics, Science, Nonfiction, Textbooks, Mathematics

400 pages, Hardcover

First published July 22, 2000

About the author

Edwin Floriman Taylor was an American physicist known for his contributions to the teaching of physics. Taylor was editor of the American Journal of Physics, and author of several introductory books to physics. In 1998 he was awarded the Oersted Medal for his contributions to the teaching of physics.

Reviews

[Lavender · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a good intro to general relativity and black holes. It's a few chapters plus several projects to follow through. Recommended to students of physics.

[Lena · Rating 2 out of 5]

for my road less traveled project, I chose to do it on black holes. For the research I read Exploring Black Holes. This book explained how black holes work and the physics and theories behind them. This book provided a lot of info and in-depth research. It surprised me how humans can know so much and so little at the same time. The book was informative but a little dry and sometimes i couldn't understand what they were talking about. A great book if you want straight-forward information.

[Eugenio Capiello]

Exploring Black Holes: Introduction to General Relativity