黑洞簡史:從奇異點到重力波,愛因斯坦到霍金,清晰解析困擾物理界300年的神秘天體

黑洞簡史:從奇異點到重力波,愛因斯坦到霍金,清晰解析困擾物理界300年的神秘天體
ISBN-10
9862625708
ISBN-13
9789862625705
Category
Science / Space Science / Cosmology
Pages
185
Language
Chinese
Published
2022-09-15
Publisher
貓頭鷹
Author
芭杜席亞克

Description

臆測、辯論與賭注

發現黑洞的完整記錄

 

◎美國物理科學寫作大獎二度得主、麻省理工科學寫作教授最新力作

◎美國物理學會安德魯哲鎂大獎(此獎表彰年度物理科學最有貢獻者)得主作品

 

看這個神祕的天體如何掀起300年的爭論、證實廣義相對論,還有害霍金輸掉一年份性感雜誌!

 

我們幫黑洞拍了照,但黑洞是什麼?

《星際效應》裡那巨大美麗的黑洞震懾人心,而我們從未真正了解黑洞裡究竟存在什麼。在2019年,橫跨世界的「事件視界望遠鏡」計畫發表了第一個黑洞的清晰影像,他們更在2021年宣布拍到銀河系中央的黑洞全貌。黑洞的密度高過宇宙的任何一個地方,是宇宙中的空間深淵,吸入所有物質,連光都無法逃脫。

 

困擾物理學界超過300年的謎

關於黑洞最早的紀錄來自十八世紀,但在當時古典物理學的框架下,黑洞就是個不該存在的禁忌話題。就算到了近代物理開始發展的這一百多年,黑洞的存在與理論基礎仍然充滿爭議與論戰,連愛因斯坦和霍金都曾經栽在黑洞的手裡。

 

打臉愛因斯坦與霍金的黑洞

麻省理工學院科學寫作教授芭杜席亞克在本書中梳理了300年來的黑洞理論發展史,也記錄了那些物理大師們被黑洞弄得團團轉的樣子:愛因斯坦打從心底不相信黑洞的存在——近代對黑洞的觀測卻反過來驗證了廣義相對論。因為研究黑洞互撞的重力波而獲得2017年諾貝爾物理學獎的物理學家索恩,也因為黑洞從霍金手裡贏得了一年份的性感雜誌。

 

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