Niel Brandt's Astronomy 130 Page: Black Holes in the Universe
Syllabus, schedule, and integrity policy:
Required books for the course:
Other supplemental reading for the course:
Some other good books (not required):
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What Does a Black Hole Look Like? - Bailyn
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Einstein's Unfinished Symphony - Bartusiak
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Black Hole: How an Idea Abandoned by Newtonians, Hated by Einstein, and Gambled On by Hawking Became Loved - Bartusiak
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What Are Gamma-ray Bursts? - Bloom
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Gravity's Shadow: The Search for Gravitational Waves - Collins
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Gravity's Kiss: The Detection of Gravitational Waves - Collins
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Black Holes - Couper & Henbest
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Prisons of Light: Black Holes - Ferguson
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The Little Book of Black Holes - Gusber & Pretorius
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A Brief History of Time - Hawking
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Einstein's Monsters: The Life and Times of Black Holes - Impey
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The Story of Collapsing Stars: Black Holes, Naked Singularities, and the Cosmic Play of Quantum Gravity - Joshi
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The Biggest Bangs - Katz
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Traveling at the Speed of Thought - Kennefick
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Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space - Levin
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Black Holes - Luminet
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The Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy - Melia
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The Edge of Infinity: Supermassive Black Holes in the Universe - Melia
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Cracking the Einstein Code: Relativity and the Birth of Black Hole Physics - Melia
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It's About Time: Understanding Einstein's Relativity - Mermin
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The Lighter Side of Gravity - Narlikar
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How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog - Orzel
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Black Holes: A Traveler's Guide - Pickover
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Gravity's Engines: How Bubble-Blowing Black Holes Rule Galaxies, Stars, and Life in the Cosmos - Scharf
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Flash! The Hunt for the Biggest Explosions in the Universe - Schilling
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Ripples in Spacetime: Einstein, Gravitational Waves, and the Future of Astronomy - Schilling
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The Life of the Cosmos - Smolin
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Extreme Explosions: Supernovae, Hypernovae, Magnetars, and Other Unusual Cosmic Blasts - Stevenson
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The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics - Susskind
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The Science of Interstellar - Thorne
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Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries - Tyson
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A Journey into Gravity and Spacetime - Wheeler
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Cosmic Catastrophes: Exploding Stars, Black Holes, and Mapping the Universe - Wheeler
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Einstein's Universe: Gravity at Work and Play - Zee
Help with assignments:
Relativity and black hole frequently asked questions:
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Home pages of the authors of your books:
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