Black Hole Survival Guide Quotes

“Black holes are a gift, both physically and theoretically. They are detectable on the farthest reaches of the observable universe. They anchor galaxies, providing a center for our own galactic pinwheel and possibly every other island of stars. And theoretically, they provide a laboratory for the exploration of the farthest reaches of the mind. Black holes are the ideal fantasy scape on which to play out thought experiments that target the core truths about the cosmos.”
― Janna Levin, Black Hole Survival Guide

“imagine you are an astronaut alone in space. no planets in view. no spacecraft. no distant stars. no source of light. imagine the latent terror, the quiet of space, the strange sensation of floating, the unspeakable dark between wealth of stars.”
― Janna Levin, Black Hole Survival Guide

“A bare black hole is pure empty spacetime—no atoms, light, strings, or particles of any kind, dark or bright. It’s empty space—or, in physics slang, the vacuum.”
― Janna Levin, Black Hole Survival Guide

“The original architects of quantum mechanics insisted on this conservation as a philosophical principle worth respecting. They built quantum mechanics to operationally safeguard information.”
― Janna Levin, Black Hole Survival Guide

“You send messages in vain to no one. But send them anyway. Your epiphanies are forever lost in the catastrophic singularity. But send them, please, your acts of defiance.”
― Janna Levin, Black Hole Survival Guide