Cracking the Einstein code : relativity and the birth of black hole physics/ Fulvio Melia ; with an afterword by Roy Kerr.
Publication details: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2009.Description: xi, 137 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780226519517 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0226519511 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 530.11 22
- QC173.6 .M434 2009
Contents:
Einstein's code 1 -- Space and time -- Gravity -- Four pillars and a prayer -- An unbreakable code -- Roy Kerr -- The Kerr solution -- Black hole -- The tower -- New Zealand -- Future breakthrough.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [120]-131) and index.
Einstein's code 1 -- Space and time -- Gravity -- Four pillars and a prayer -- An unbreakable code -- Roy Kerr -- The Kerr solution -- Black hole -- The tower -- New Zealand -- Future breakthrough.