title: Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy (Commonwealth Fund Book Program)
author:  Kip S. Thorne 
description: Thorne, the Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at CalTech, here offers an accessible, deftly illustrated history of curved spacetime. Covering developments from Einstein to Hawking, he takes his readers to the very edge of theoretical physics: straight through wormholes--and maybe back again--past hyperspace, "hairless" wormholes and quantum foam to the leading questions that drive quantum physics. He even addresses the tabloid taunt that has tantalized him since 1988: Do quantum laws allow time travel? (In his foreword, Hawking suggests, "Maybe someone will come back from the future and tell us the answers.") Thorne is rigorous, modest and, true to the spirit of science, determined that readers move beyond the appeal of exotic answers and grasp the significance of quantum questions. This volume, a model of style, format and illustration, will speak eloquently to the readership, ranging widely in scientific literacy and interest, that such theoretical physics writers as Hawking and Feynman have established. <br />Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  CONTENTS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Foreword _by Kenneth Bulmer_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Rice Brandy](../Text/Section0002.xhtml#stall) _by Michael Stall_
  
  
  
  
  
  [The Cat and the Coin](../Text/Section0003.xhtml#wells) _by Keith Wells_
  
  
  
  
  
  [The Debris of Recent Lives](../Text/Section0004.xhtml#partington) _by Charles
  Partington_
  
  
  
  
  
  [Talent Spotter](../Text/Section0005.xhtml#bounds) _by Sydney J. Bounds_
  
  
  
  
  
  [The Black Hole of Negrav](../Text/Section0006.xhtml#kapp) _by Colin Kapp_
  
  
  
  
  
  [A Little More Than Twelve Minutes](../Text/Section0007.xhtml#jeschke) _by
  Wolfgang Jeschke_
  
  
  
  
  
  [The Enemy Within](../Text/Section0008.xhtml#Malcolm) _by Donald Malcolm_
  
  
  
  
  
  [The Halted Village](../Text/Section0009.xhtml#rackham) _by John Rackham_
  
  
  
  
  
  [The Green Fuse](../Text/Section0010.xhtml#ricketts) _by Martin I. Ricket