Table of Contents

Preface vii 1 Special Relativity 1 2 General Relativity 20 3 The Schwarzschild Black Hole 44 4 Spinning Black Holes 75 5 Black Holes in the Universe 99 6 Black Hole Collisions 117 7 Black Hole Thermodynamics 146 Epilogue 169 Index 175

About the Author

Steven S. Gubser (19722019) was professor of physics at Princeton University. His books include The Little Book of String Theory (Princeton). Frans Pretorius is professor of physics at Princeton. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

Reviews

Praise for The Little Book of String Theory: "Gubser ... does a masterly job of introducing string theory in simple terms and without using math."--Library Journal Praise for The Little Book of String Theory: "Steven Gubser provides a brief introduction to this complicated topic, and condenses an enormous amount of information into this 'little book.'"--ForeWord Praise for The Little Book of String Theory: "You will probably finish the book more confused than when you started, but in the best possible way: with profound questions and a desire to learn more."--New Scientist