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Viewing Black Holes
Date: Thursday 16 May 2019
Time: 7:00 – 8:30pm
Venue: Cafe 8 (Roof Level, Hong Kong Maritime Museum, Central Ferry Pier No. 8 Hong Kong)
Cost: Free admission (very limited capacity on a first-come, first-served basis). Food and drinks at cost.
RSVP: Registration is required. Please email event@oxforduchina.org to register.
Digital image. BBC news 10 April 2019
On 10 April of this year, humankind viewed for the first time an image of a black hole. The popular press described the event as “revolutionary.” But the thrill felt by many astronomers lay in just how well our guesswork and expectations were in fact confirmed. It looked just like a black hole ought to look.
If not a true revolution, the image was certainly a culmination, led by great scientists from Einstein to Schwarzschild to Penrose & Hawking. Their beautiful mathematical work laid the foundations for our understanding of black holes, first engendering, then ultimately overcoming, decades of controversy.
In this presentation, Professor Steven Balbus, a Shaw Prize winner, will talk about black holes: what they are, why they were for so long controversial, how the evidence for their existence steadily grew, what the latest spectacular result from the Event Horizon Telescope actually reveals, and what mysteries remain.
Viewing Black Holes
Date: Thursday 16 May 2019
Time: 7:00 – 8:30pm
Venue: Cafe 8 (Roof Level, Hong Kong Maritime Museum, Central Ferry Pier No. 8 Hong Kong)
Cost: Free admission (very limited capacity on a first-come, first-served basis). Food and drinks at cost.
RSVP: Registration is required. Please email event@oxforduchina.org to register.
Digital image. BBC news 10 April 2019
On 10 April of this year, humankind viewed for the first time an image of a black hole. The popular press described the event as “revolutionary.” But the thrill felt by many astronomers lay in just how well our guesswork and expectations were in fact confirmed. It looked just like a black hole ought to look.
If not a true revolution, the image was certainly a culmination, led by great scientists from Einstein to Schwarzschild to Penrose & Hawking. Their beautiful mathematical work laid the foundations for our understanding of black holes, first engendering, then ultimately overcoming, decades of controversy.
In this presentation, Professor Steven Balbus, a Shaw Prize winner, will talk about black holes: what they are, why they were for so long controversial, how the evidence for their existence steadily grew, what the latest spectacular result from the Event Horizon Telescope actually reveals, and what mysteries remain.