Black Holes in the Universe (and Hollywood), Roger Blandford

Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity implies that black holes could exist, astrophysicists demonstrated that they should exist, and astronomers observing with many different telescopes havediscovered that they are common in the universe. The strange and wonderful behavior of black holes will be described and compared with alternate realities created in the movies.

Roger Blandford is the Luke Blossom Professor of Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, the founding director of the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology and Professor at SLAC, and a professor of particle physics and astrophysics. His research interests include cosmology, black hole astrophysics, galaxies, cosmic rays, neutron stars and white dwarfs.

This program is part of Classes Without Quizzes at Reunion Homecoming.