
The science of Interstellar
Kip S. Thorne
Bok · Engelsk · 2014 · Science fiction (film)
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Omfang | x, 324 sider : illustrasjoner
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Utgave | First edition
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Opplysninger | "Foreword by Christopher Nolan"-- Omslaget. - A scientist in Hollywood : the genesis of Interstellar -- Foundations. Our universe in brief ; The laws that control the universe ; Warped time and space, and tidal gravity ; Black holes -- Gargantua. Gargantua's anatomy ; Gravitational slingshots ; Imaging Gargantua ; Disks and jets ; Accident is the first building block of evolution -- Disaster on earth. Blight ; Gasping for oxygen ; Interstellar travel -- The wormhole. Wormholes ; Visualizing Interstellar's wormhole ; Discovering the wormhole : gravitational waves -- Exploring Gargantua's environs. Miller's planet ; Gargantua's vibrations ; Mann's planet ; The Endurance -- Extreme physics. The fourth and fifth dimensions ; Bulk beings ; Confining gravity ; Gravitational anomalies ; The professor's equation ; Singularities and quantum gravity -- Climax. The volcano's rim ; Into Gargantua ; The tesseract ; Messaging the past ; Lifting colonies off Earth -- Where can you learn more?
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ISBN | 9780393351378
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