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About the Book
The following topics are presented in this book:
basics of black holes: gravitational collapse, event horizon, geodesics
Schwarzschild, Reissner-Nordstrom and Kerr-Newman metrics
spherically symmetric, rotating and electrically charged black holes
Carter-Penrose diagrams, naked singularities and Kruskal coordinates
mechanics of black holes
thermodynamics of black holes and Hawking radiation
quantum black holes
About the Author
Simone Malacrida (1977)
He worked in the research sector (optics and nanotechnologies) and, later, in the industrial-plant engineering sector, in particular in Power, Oil & Gas and infrastructure. He is interested in financial and energy issues. He published a first series of 21 main books (10 popular and educational books and 11 novels) + 91 derivative educational manuals. A second cycle, also of 21 main books, is in development and work.