Black Holes - No Need to be Afraid!
Black Holes seem to have a bad press that is largely undeserved. The lecture will explain what Black Holes are, how we can discover them even though they cannot be seen and how Stephen Hawking has shown that they are not totally black!
Ian Morison is an astronomer and astrophysicist who served as the 35th Gresham Professor of Astronomy.
(from gresham.ac.uk)
| Black Holes - No Need to be Afraid! |
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