 First edition cover | |
| Author | Kip S. Thorne |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Matthew Zimet |
| Cover artist | Jacques Chazaud |
| Subject | Physics: general relativity, quantum gravity, black holes |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Published | 1994 |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Pages | 619 pp. |
| ISBN | 0-393-31276-3 |
| 530.1'1 93-2014 | |
| LC Class | QC6.T526 1993 |
| Followed by | The Science of Interstellar (2014) |
Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy is a 1994 popular science book by physicist Kip Thorne. It provides an illustrated overview of the history and development of black hole theory, from its roots in Newtonian mechanics until the early 1990s.[1]
- ^ Kip S. Thorne (1994). Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy. W.W. Norton. p. 510. ISBN 978-0-393-31276-8.
Polchinski's paradox.