Black holes and time warps

Black holes and timewarps: Einstein's outrageous legacy (1994) is a popular science book by Kip Thorne. It provides a good illustrated overview of the history and development of black hole theory up until the early 1990s.

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1994 - Popular science - Kip Thorne - Black hole

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The main part of the book is just over five hundred pages long: The remaining ninety pages provides several sets of reference indexes for people, papers and technical footnotes. It is available in paperback, and has a foreword by Stephen Hawking.

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This book is unique in combining understandable scientific information with the colorful history of its discovery, and inspires by reminding us of the potential of humanity.

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