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SETI [ASTRO] Book Review - Black Holes & Time Warps by Kip Thorne,
Larry Klaes ( lklaes@bbn.com )
Tue, 19 Jan 1999 18:27:20 -0500
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>Book Review - Black Holes & Time Warps by Kip Thorne
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> I just finished reading Black Holes & Time Warps by Kip Thorne.
>I read a lot of books on science and this may be the best one I have ever
>read. In case you do not know Thorne is one of the world's leading
>authorities on black holes & general relativity. So there's no question
>that he's got it right. But more importantly it's a great read. There are
>no scary equations ;-) except in the notes. (Actually there's one, an
>example of the binomial approximation.) It's told from a personal
>perspective by someone who has known all the major figures since the
>1960's.
>
> I remember Godel, Escher, Bach. It was great. So great I finally
>couldn't make myself finish it. But I almost couldn't put Black Holes &
>Time Warps down. Thorne was a consultant for the movie (& book) "Contact."
>He describes how the book inspired him to do serious research on white
>holes and time machines.
>
> Run don't walk to the bookstore.
>
>Cheers,
>Bill Larson
>Geneva
>Bill_Larson@compuserve.com
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