DigitalRob reviewed Black Hole Survival Guide by Janna Levin
Review of 'Black Hole Survival Guide' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Don’t take the three out of five stars as a detractor for this book. It’s interesting, and the first chapter really grabs the reader. For me this was a 3/5 simply because much of it was just over my head.
I’m glad I read Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness by Rosenblum & Kuttner earlier this year. Without that explanation of spooky interactions, superposition, and the basics of quantum mechanics, I think I would have been hopelessly lost with Levin’s work.
I like Levin’s sense of humor; it’s kind of dark. The last line of the book is the best example, subtle and intentional. I have a much better understanding of the Event Horizon now. The 1997 movie just didn’t explain it very well (shock). I also feel like I understood the details of the theory in this book better than the chapters discussing the reality of black holes. …
Don’t take the three out of five stars as a detractor for this book. It’s interesting, and the first chapter really grabs the reader. For me this was a 3/5 simply because much of it was just over my head.
I’m glad I read Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness by Rosenblum & Kuttner earlier this year. Without that explanation of spooky interactions, superposition, and the basics of quantum mechanics, I think I would have been hopelessly lost with Levin’s work.
I like Levin’s sense of humor; it’s kind of dark. The last line of the book is the best example, subtle and intentional. I have a much better understanding of the Event Horizon now. The 1997 movie just didn’t explain it very well (shock). I also feel like I understood the details of the theory in this book better than the chapters discussing the reality of black holes.
I learned that black holes dissipate as they split photon pairs and create Hawking Radiation. Hawking Radiation being yet another thing I now sort-of understand.
In retrospect, I took a lot away from Black Hole Survival Guide, more than I thought upon closing the book.
Finally, black holes are nothing.