Brief History of Black Holes
by Rebecca Smethurst · first published 2022
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I recently read "A Brief History of Black Holes" by Dr. Becky Smethurst and I recommend it if you're interested in these things. She wrote that the math indicates you have no reason to fear a black hole consuming you, or this solar system. Black holes…
on “The closest black hole to the Earth – now only 1560 lya” ↗Also, I'm just starting the book but I love the authors youtube videos and it seems germane, a brief history of black holes by dr becky smethurst seems to have decent reviews and her videos are great. Maybe check her out on youtube if you're more experienced but I'm finding her book fun as a layman
on “Roy Kerr: Do Black Holes Have Singularities?” ↗Once upon a time black holes were purely theoretical. See, for example: >The Country Parson Who Conceived of Black Holes [in 1783] https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/curriculum-collections/cosm.... >A Brief History of Black Holes https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/curriculum-collections/cosm.... >At a conference in New York in 1967, Dr. Wheeler, seizing on a suggestion shouted from the audience, hit on the name “black hole” to…
on “A Sun-like star orbiting a boson star” ↗