Did general relativity predict black holes?

Black holes are regions of spacetime where gravity’s pull is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape from being dragged in and “eaten.” Einstein’s theory of general relativity predicted the existence of black holes and that, no matter what such an object “eats,” black holes are characterized only by their …

Do black holes follow Einstein’s explanation of gravity?

Black holes obey all laws of physics, including the laws of gravity. Albert Einstein refined our knowledge of gravity through his theory of general relativity. He first showed, based on the fact that light moves at a fixed speed (671 million miles per hour), that space and time must be connected.

What is the best book on general relativity you have read?

Gravitation by Charles Misner, Kip Thorne, and John Wheeler, is pretty much the authoritative reference on general relativity (to the extent that one exists). It discusses many aspects and applications of the theory in far more mathematical and logical detail than any other book I’ve seen.

What is introduction to general relativity about?

Introduction to General Relativity presents general relativity as a scheme to describe the gravitational field and the equations obeyed by it. The book starts out from physical motivations, and then introduces curved co-ordinations before the notion of an affine connection field is added. The matrix field is eventually introduced as well.

What is the best book to learn black hole mechanics?

A Relativist’s Toolkit: The Mathematics of Black-Hole Mechanicsby Eric Poissonis a bit beyond the purely introductory level, but it does provide practical guidance on doing certain calculations which is missing from a lot of other books. Share Cite Improve this answer Follow edited Sep 18 ’13 at 23:24

What is the best book to learn about gravity?

I can only recommend textbooks because that’s what I’ve used, but here are some suggestions: Gravity: An Introduction To General Relativityby James Hartleis reasonably good as an introduction, although in order to make the content accessible, he does skip over a lot of mathematical detail.