Black hole books and articles
=PRISONS OF LIGHT - BLACK HOLES=
by Kitty Ferguson, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1996
| Short and informative, but for general public rather than for students of physics. The 1996 UK bestseller. |
=FLAT AND CURVED SPACE-TIMES=
by G.F.R. Ellis and R.M. Williams, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1988
| An excellent introduction to Einstein's special and general relativity writen for students of physics by one of the best specialists in the field. |
=BLACK HOLES AND TIME WARPS: EINSTEIN'S OUTRAGEOUS LEGACY=
by K.S. Thorne, W.W. Norton & Co., London, 1994
| A very serious and detailed account of the black hole theory and the history of the black hole research. A fascinating reading! I highly recommand this book. |
=A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME, FROM THE BIG BANG TO BLACK HOLES=
by S.W. Hawking, Bantaman Press, London, 1988
| The mother of all black hole bestsellers. Short, easy to read. Enjoy, if you have not yet. Translated to most languagues. |
=THE NATURE OF SPACE AND TIME=
by S.W. Hawking and R. Penrose, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1996
| A popular, but very profound and original book. Not easy to read. Demanding but rewarding. I very much recommand it. |
=THE QUANTUM MECHANICS OF BLACK HOLES=
by S.W. Hawking, Scientific American, January 1977
| A classic article that everybody should read. |
=ON TRAVELLING ROUND WITHOUT FEELING IT AND UNCURVING CURVES=
by M.A. Abramowicz and J.-P. Lasota, The American Journal of Physics, 54, 936, (1986)
=THE WALL OF DEATH=
by M.A. Abramowicz and E. Szuszkiewicz, American Journal of Physics, 61, 982, (1993)
=BLACK HOLES AND CENTRIFUGAL FORCE PARADOX=
by M.A. Abramowicz, Scientific American, March, (1993)
| This article was translated into nine languages. |
=INTRODUCING EINSTEIN'S RELATIVITY=
by R. d'Inverno, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1992
| Not difficult to read, but deep and serious book. Very pedagogical. A good black hole section. I highly recommand this book. |
=GRAVITATION=
by C.W. Misner, K.S. Thorne and J.A. Wheeler, Freeman, San Francisco 1973
| A monumental monograph, pleasent to read, very good treatment of black holes (but NO Hawking radiation that was discovered one year after the publication of the book) |
=BLACK HOLES THE MEMBRANE PARADIGM=
by K.S. Thorne, R.H. Price, & D.A. MacDonald, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1986
| A bit more technical, and mostly about the black hole electrodynamics. Blandford-Znajek explained in details. |
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by M.A. Abramowicz and G.Madejski, Forskning och Framsteg, Maj-Juni, 4, (1995)
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by M.A. Abramowicz, B.Jones, I.D. Novikov and V. Karas, Forskning och Framsteg, Mars, 2, (1996)
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by M.A. Abramowicz and M.J. Percival, Forskning och Framsteg, January (1998)
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by M.A. Abramowicz Forskning och Framsteg, February (2004)