Black Holes

Based on lectures given as part of the course "Foundations of Physics I", University of Winnipeg, 2002.

Table of Contents

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• Black Holes
  
• Einstein’s Gravity and Black Holes
  
• Problems with Newton
  
• What is Gravity?
  
• Gravity: Space as a Rubber Sheet
  
• What is a black hole?
  
• What is a Black Hole, Really?
  
• Black Hole Geometry
  
• Worm Holes
  
• Properties of Black Holes:
  
• How Do Black Holes Form?
  
• Observational Evidence for Black Holes
  
• Observational Evidence for Black Holes
  
• Black Holes as Distorting Lenses
  
• Black Hole Detection via Microlensing
  
• Black Holes in Star Systems
  
• Black Hole Candidate
  
• Black Holes in the Center of Galaxies
  
• (Untitled)
  
• Why are black holes important?
  
• Information Loss
  
• “Quantum Gravity”-The Holy Grail of Theoretical Physics

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