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What is a black hole?
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This lecture traces the history of the black hole from the eighteenth century onwards. What is a black hole? Is it a solid body? Why black holes are the simplest objects in the universe. Black holes are black bodies: they obey the laws of aerodynamics. Do black holes exist? What is the evidence? How many are there? Can anything get out a black hole? What is life like inside a black hole?
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This event was on Thu, 19 Feb 2004
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