Education
Education Links
- Virtual Trips to Black Holes and Neutron Stars Here you will find descriptions and MPEG movies that take you on trips to black holes and neutron stars. These movies are scientifically accurate computer animations using Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.
- XMM: Black Holes and Quasars Educational site on the Birmingham Uni XMM website.
- A History of Black Holes very concise summary
- Anatomy of A Black Hole From the University of Illinois. Educational sequence suitable for high school students.
- Black Hole FAQ Loosely speaking, a black hole is a region of space that has so much mass concentrated in it that there is no way for a nearby object to escape its gravitational pull
- A Black Hole on the Desk By putting a black hole into a familiar environment like a desk, one may experience what `curvature of space' means in a new way, understanding the cosmological effects of light bending and gravitational lenses from this playground.
- Black Holes to Blackboards-God Divided by Zero Laying your hands on a black hole is hard (and dangerous) to do, but there are ways to understand these objects and avoid the pain of dimension-bending.
- Black Holes A one hour lecture given to senior liberal arts students on the concepts surrounding black holes
- Black hole studies to verify Einstein's theory article by Randall Graham, Science Writer
- Black Holes: General Information Learn about the amazing phenomenon that is a black hole.
- Big Bang A book outlining the Yilmaz refinement of Einstein's theory which eliminates black holes and the big bang.
- How Stuff Works: How Black Holes Work What are black holes? Do they really exist? How can we find them?
- Imagine Science: Black Holes A service of the High-Energy Astrophysics Learning Center. A nice introduction to black holes. Intended for ages 14 and up.
- Black Holes, Mysterious Objects in Space Elementary information about black holes, including how they are observed, what happens to particles entering one, and a description of their close relatives, neutron stars.
- Relativity Tutorial an illustrated introductory guide to relativity
- What is a black hole? A brief summary of black holes
- Falling into a Black Hole Fall into a black hole on a real free fall orbit through movies and images.All distortions of images are real, both general relativistic from the gravitational bending of light, and special relativistic from the near light speed orbit.
- Black Holes A set of slides on black holes used for a presentation at the University of Winnipeg.
- Black Holes: Portals into the Unknown An interactive journey into a black hole.
- A Black Hole FAQ A good list of FAQ questions with detailed answers.
- Black holes in space Can you explain what a black hole is? How about a Quasar or a Supernova? Get the lowdown here - in easy to understand terms.
- Black Hole : The Death of a Star A ThinkQuest project
- Project 2000: Black Holes Pictures, diagrams, and explanations of black holes in an easy to understand format. Good site for someone doing research on black holes for a report or project.
- Black Holes Lecture notes for a course on Black Holes given at Cambridge. The course covers some of the developments in Black Hole physics of the 1960s and 1970s.
- Observational Evidence of Black Holes: The Search For Real Black Holes short, easy to understand summary. For high school students.
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