Black & White Holes + Galactic Power Plants
About this episode
Dr. Sten Odenwald discusses his book on black holes and related concepts.
Dr. Sten Odenwald discusses The Essential Book of Black Holes . See my review of the new book below. But first, watch this video in which I interview Dr. Odenwald about his book! Timeline 00:00 Intro 2:15 Math & Black Holes 5:00 Holographic universe 5:50 Hypernova 9:05 White holes 14:45 Is our universe in a black hole? 17:50 Gravity is NOT a force 25:45 Galactic Power Plant Book Review of The Essential Book of Black Holes At 159 pages and 12 chapters, The Essential Book of Black Holes is a literary black hole: deceptively small, absurdly dense, and liable to warp your sense of time until “I’ll just read a few pages” becomes “where did my evening go?” If you’ve ever wanted a NASA astronomer to sit you down and explain black holes without making your brain perform quantum tunneling, this is it. Sten Odenwald walks you through gravity, quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, and even the holographic principle in bite-sized chunks that hit harder than a collapsing star. The language is accessible, which is impressive given the subject matter and slightly suspicious given how much you suddenly think you understand. The format helps with the illusion of safety: 12 short chapters, full…
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