Tag: Hawking radiation
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A black hole in a bathtub and other analog experiments
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Studying impossible systems with analogues How do you study a phenomenon that cannot be replicated on Earth? You study one that has nothing to do with it, but looks…
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Why the death of black holes is a big problem for physics
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Part 4 of my 4-part series on black holes for Medium members is up; part 1 is here, part 2 is here, and part 3 is here. If enough of…
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Stephen Hawking, black holes, and scientific celebrity
For the upcoming ScienceOnline 2014 meeting, I’m leading a session titled “Reporting Incremental Science in a World that wants Big Results“. It’s an important topic. We who communicate science to the general public have to evaluate stories to see if they’re worth covering, then translate them in such a way that conveys their significance without…
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