Summer of Math Exposition

Presented by 3Blue1Brown 3blue1brown

But what IS a black hole?

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Tags: general-relativityphysicsblack-holes

In the public domain, black holes are generally understood as local astrophysical phenomena. This short article aims to move beyond this treatment and impress upon an enthusiastic (non-expert) reader a global understanding of black holes. By exploring relativity via causal structure rather than tensor calculus, our discussion covers advanced topics whilst remaining accessible.


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I really liked the design, but perhaps the maths were a bit too violently inserted.

4.3

The explanation is not deep , but I would not judge as he clearly said in the starting a “brief” . I find it rather not exciting to read it. But it was good

4

After the hyping that was done at the beginning, I was expecting something cool that I hadn’t really heard about before, but it ended up still talking about pretty much everything I’ve heard about black holes from pop science before. The focus was maybe a bit different, but it still ended up presenting nothing new.

3.4

it requires a bunch of knowledge upfront to appreciate.

5.5

Really liked it. The language was clear and I think it is very good for high school scholars and undergraduates that are interested in the topic and are looking for a very basic introduction into the origin of the idea of an black hole and its key implications. I understood the concept very well. I knew about the content before, but this gave me a very clear idea what black holes are in the context of light and causality, the event horizon, the disconnectedness. I am also a fan of purple, so it fit well to me :)