Got me interested in Black Holes now!

I must admit that I am attracted to black holes if not by their immense gravitational power then by the mysticism that surrounds their existence and functioning. These powerful, enormous cosmic entities, these mysterious objects have so much happening within and around them that even a thousand theoretical papers are not enough to capture the nuances of their existence. And this beautiful little book with Hawking's lectures on black holes with some added comments by the journalist does provide s...

This is the transcript of the two 2016 Reith Lectures, that Stephen Hawking delivered on the topic of Black Holes. The illustration and comments are very helpful and they give the reader a wider understanding about this topic.The book is short, but intense. Full of information about Black Holes, their history and various theories and hypothesis about their formation, characteristics, and purpose. Interesting read for anyone interested in Science, Physics, the Universe or just want to be a cool g...

A very brief history of black holes precisely. All the information and work sparsely depicted in the book for his research in black holes like super translations, quantum gravity theory are explained more clearly and profound enough in his books The Grand Design and The Universe in a Nutshell. Just a recent lecture of the physicist who presented this publicly at Stockholm's Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics last August (2015).The tone of the book is way more opinionated than providing amp...

Felt the need to mark important things in this book, so..."A singularity is what you end up with when a giant star is compressed to an unimaginably small point.""A 'naked' singularity is a theoretical scenario in which a star collapses but an event horizon does not form around it - so the singularity would be visible.""Quasars are the brightest objects in the universe, and possibly the most distant detected so far.""Entropy means the tendency for anything that has order to become more disordered...

Small read can be finished in one sitting. After reading this I am more interested in cosmology.

this is wonderful as an introduction to hawking's work, or as a reminder for people who read a brief history of time a while ago and would like to be reminded of the basic concepts. wouldn't recommend it for students of physics (just go straight for brief history) but excellent for the layperson. if you don't know much about hawking's work or quantum physics/astrophysics in general i'd definitely say read this before anything else.

A great beginner's guide to Black Holes. The illustrations were very useful as well as David Shukman's notes between the lines. While reading these two lectures, I was pausing at some points to watch a few scenes of the movie Interstellar in which the scientist characters explain several informations about Black Holes and the universe's dimensions in order to get a clearer understanding. However, I was surprised by his mentioning the movie. Next Stephen Hawking read: A Brief History of Time.

Loved it..Black Hole has always been my favorite topic of discussion and to study about since my childhood. This is the reason why I became fan of Stephan Hawking. His theories on Black Hole were always fascinating and logical to get more understanding of it. However, (view spoiler)[I never thought that Einstein was ever so close to the concept of Black hole. He seemed to be just stepped-in and made his way out to give the topic his touch but nothing else, (hide spoiler)] though ironically, Eins...

Stephen Hawking never fail to impress us when it comes to cosmology.I am awed by the mind bending theorems proposed by Hawking and Bekenstein. some concepts explained below1. Berkenstein theorom suggest that whatever the information enter into the black hole is lost and no return. Information is lost in gravitational collapse. Nobody know how it is lost, but it is lost.He implies that black hole should have entropy and its proportional to the surface of event horizon, a boundary beyond that noth...

this is the one of the best books i have ever read.when i first looked at the name of book and author i thought it's gonna be tough to read with bunch of equations but thanks to Hawking's way of explaining of theories with simple language and awesome pictures i could not put this book aside until i finished it at once.Even if i read this book that does not mean i will not read one more time.And one recommendation for whom wants to read is if you search names and theories mentioned in book and wa...

If you're into stuff like this, you can read the full review.“The Einstein Equations don’t work at a singularity” In “Black Holes – The Reith Lectures” by Stephen Hawking “In space, no one can you scream; and in a black hole, no one can see you disappear.” In “Black Holes – The Reith Lectures” by Stephen Hawking If you’re in the mood for physics, Hawking's paper, published 2016, states at the very end: “We have reconsidered the black hole information paradox in light of recent insights into

Super interesting and made me want to read more of Hawkings work!

It's just a transcript of his two lectures he gave in 2016. Black holes fascinate everybody and I am also included in that list. Well Hawking also tried to explain the existing information paradox and other scientific aspects. Short read for anybody interested in black holes.

The book presents a few theories and hypothesis about the formation and characteristics of Black Holes - pretty basic level of information but very charming presentation. Extremely enjoyable read!

Short and sweet, these lectures can be understood by anyone (at a high-level of course) with a basic background in Physics (*think taking Physics courses in high school*).This was an entertaining and light read for me as I picked up physics/astronomy after quite a long time.

So, if you feel you are in a black hole, don't give up: there is a way out, both in this universe and possibly to another.A short and insightful read.

Sometimes you don't need to escape, But something to feed your mind... ..This book is for the curious minds out there.. Who need mental exercise every now and then.. A person who doesn't know what a black hole is should definitely read this one... And others should also read as there are many surprising things about black holes that you will kno.. ..I really enjoyed reading this... Those lectures by Stephen hawking shows he also had sense of humour... It's already known that the person with high...

I think this book is an amazing journey through the history of theories about Black Holes! I always adore Stephen's way to explain difficult things in such easy sentences, and the only thing I have to criticize is that this book is too short. I just wish it had like 100 more pages and more in-depth explanations ~ #js

A very short book that can be read in one sitting. A good brief history of blackholes from their discovery as a consquences of general relativity through to the thorny issues of information loss as result of quantum gravity.