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Cracking the Einstein Code: Relativity and the Birth of Black Hole Physics
Sally Rooney
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Description for Cracking the Einstein Code: Relativity and the Birth of Black Hole Physics
Hardcover. Cambridge graduate Roy Kerr solved the mathematical code - represented by six interlocking equations - of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity in 1963. This title offers an account of the events leading up to Kerr's great discovery. It reveals the history behind the search for the real world solution to Einstein's field equations. Num Pages: 152 pages, 54 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX; PHR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
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 testing ground - at long last ... Read more
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 testing ground - at long last ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
150
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226519517
SKU
V9780226519517
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About Sally Rooney
Fulvio Melia is professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Arizona and the author of numerous books, including, most recently, The Galactic Supermassive Black Hole.
Reviews for Cracking the Einstein Code: Relativity and the Birth of Black Hole Physics
"Cracking the Einstein Code is at once an explanation of what black holes are, a description of their place in the universe, and a scientific biography of Kerr. The uniqueness of Melia's book lies with Kerr's biography, a story that deserved to be told but wasn't until now. Elegant with expert pacing." - Eric Poisson, University of Guelph"