Melia, Fulvio.

Cracking the Einstein code : relativity and the birth of black hole physics/ Fulvio Melia ; with an afterword by Roy Kerr. - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2009. - xi, 137 p. ; 24 cm.

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.

9780226519517 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226519511 (cloth : alk. paper)

2008044006


Kerr, R. P.


Einstein field equations.
Kerr black holes--Mathematical models.
Black holes (Astronomy)--Mathematical models.

QC173.6 / .M434 2009

530.11