Einstein's Shadow
by Seth Fletcher · first published 2018
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Traces the efforts of an elite scientific team who tested Einstein's theory of relativity during a historic mission to photograph a black hole, addressing key questions about time, space, and the nature of the universe. "[This book] follows a team of elite scientists on their historic mission to take the first picture of a black hole, putting Einstein's theory of relativity to its ultimate test and helping to answer our deepest questions about space, time, the origins of the universe, and the nature of reality. Photographing a black hole sounds impossible, a contradiction in terms. But Shep D
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If you’re interested in black holes, Shep Doeleman’s efforts might be of interest. Taking a Photograph of a Black Hole https://youtu.be/RTKIZvDQ6Jk Einstein’s Shadow: https://www.amazon.com/Einsteins-Shadow-Black-Astronomers-Un...
on “Black Hole Evolution Traced Out with Loop Quantum Gravity” ↗Astronomers are highly competitive. Read “Einstein’s Shadow”by Seth Fletcher. It’s a current book about the attempt to image a black hole.
on “Imminent merger of a supermassive black hole binary” ↗…enjoyable. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Signal_and_the_Noise Fooled by Randomness was also good. Better than Black Swan IMO. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fooled_by_Randomness Just started Einstein’s Shadow by Seth Fletcher. Am enjoying it. https://www.amazon.com/Einsteins-Shadow-Black-Astronomers-Un... —— Adding other books that I’ve read in the past that I see mentioned and also loved: Masters of Doom…
on “Ask HN: Favorite nonfiction books of 2018?” ↗Here's an NY Times article about the project: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/magazine/how-do-you-take-... The author, Seth Fletcher, also wrote a book about it, "Einstein's Shadow: A Black Hole, a Band of Astronomers, and the Quest to See the Unseeable", if you want more details. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36300597-einstein-s-shad...
on “Unveiling the first-ever image of a black hole [video]” ↗