Cracking the Einstein code: relativity and the birth of black hole physics
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-131) 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 Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity describes the effect of gravitation on the shape of space and the flow of time. But for more than four decades after its publication, the theory remained largely a curiosity for scientists; however accurate it seemed, Einstein's mathematical code--represented by six interlocking equations--was one of the most difficult to crack in all of science. That is, until a twenty-nine-year-old Cambridge graduate solved the great riddle in 1963. Roy Kerr's solution emerged coincidentally with the discovery of black holes that same year and provided fertile tes |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 137 pages) |
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| spelling | Melia, Fulvio 1956- Verfasser (DE-588)137972474 aut Cracking the Einstein code relativity and the birth of black hole physics Fulvio Melia ; with an afterword by Roy Kerr Chicago University of Chicago Press 2009 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 137 pages) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-131) 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 Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity describes the effect of gravitation on the shape of space and the flow of time. But for more than four decades after its publication, the theory remained largely a curiosity for scientists; however accurate it seemed, Einstein's mathematical code--represented by six interlocking equations--was one of the most difficult to crack in all of science. That is, until a twenty-nine-year-old Cambridge graduate solved the great riddle in 1963. Roy Kerr's solution emerged coincidentally with the discovery of black holes that same year and provided fertile tes Kerr, Roy P. Kerr, R. P. (Roy P.) Kerr, Roy 1934- (DE-588)139772308 gnd rswk-swf SCIENCE / Physics / Relativity bisacsh Mathematisches Modell Einstein field equations Kerr black holes Mathematical models Black holes (Astronomy) Mathematical models Kerr, Roy 1934- (DE-588)139772308 p 1\p DE-604 Erscheint auch als Druckausgabe 0-226-51951-1 Erscheint auch als Druckausgabe 978-0-226-51951-7 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=295592 Aggregator Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
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