Travelling Through Black Holes

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TopicSocial Sciences

AuthorJean-Pierre Luminet

PublisherDunod

with Interstellar (the movie)

Black holes, wormholes, white holes: Einstein’s theory of general relativity continues to inspire the most extravagant speculations about cosmic distortions and the possibility of space-time travel. Would it be possible to plunge into a black hole, pass through its wormhole and emerge through a “white hole”, opening a very distant region of the universe, or even a “parallel universe”, in record time?

Note re film: Christopher Nolan’s film, Interstellar, imagines the possibility of humanity escaping from a dying Earth and settling down on a new and welcoming planet.

Questions listed: Is this film credible? How does time behave near a black hole? What do wormholes look like? Are they traversable? What is on the outer edge and the inside of a black hole?

Promotional line: Join Jean-Pierre Luminet on a journey to the heart of black holes to discover what science can tell us about them, just like the hero of Interstellar.

READERSHIP: All those interested in space and science fiction, fans of the film, Interstellar.

Black holes, wormholes, white holes: Einstein’s theory of general relativity never stops stimulating the most extravagant speculations about cosmic distortions and the possibility of space-time travel. Would it be possible to plunge into a black hole, take the corresponding wormhole and come out through a white hole to emerge in record time in a very distant region of the universe, or even in a “parallel universe”?

Christopher Nolan’s film Interstellar imagines the possibility for humanity to escape a dying Earth to settle on a new welcoming planet. Is this film credible? Are wormholes traversable? What is at the edges and inside a black hole? Does an “ultimate equation” exist that would allow mastery of the laws of gravity?

Like the characters in Interstellar, embark alongside Jean-Pierre Luminet for a journey to the heart of black holes.