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Cracking the Einstein code : relativity and the birth of black hole physics / Fulvio Melia ; with an afterword by Roy Kerr.
LIBRA QC173.6 .M434 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Melia, Fulvio.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Einstein field equations.
- Kerr, R. P. (Roy P.).
- Kerr, R. P.
- Kerr black holes--Mathematical models.
- Kerr black holes.
- Black holes (Astronomy)--Mathematical models.
- Black holes (Astronomy).
- Mathematical models.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 137 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
- Contents:
- Einstein's code
- Space and time
- Gravity
- Four pillars and a prayer
- An unbreakable code
- Roy Kerr
- The Kerr solution
- Black hole
- The tower
- New Zealand
- Kerr in the cosmos
- Future breakthrough.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226519517
- 0226519511
- OCLC:
- 263146883
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