Einstein's Enigma or Black Holes in My Bubble Bath [Paperback]

Einstein's Enigma or Black Holes in My Bubble Bath is a humourous and informal rendition of the story of gravitation theory from the early historic origins to the latest developments in astrophysics, focusing on Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity and black-hole physics. Through engaging conversations and napkin-scribbled diagrams come tumbling the rudiments of relativity, spacetime and much of modern physics, narrated with high didactic and literary talent, and each embedded in casual lessons given by a worldly astrophysicist to his friend. Join the intellectual fun and exalt in the frothy ideas while vicariously taking relaxing baths in this magical bathtub.

Prof. C.V. Vishveshwara is a renowned theoretical physicist, who participated in the golden age of black-hole physics, making pioneering contributions. Also an enthusiastic teacher and planetarium director, he has written several popular-level articles, scripts for planetarium shows and produced documentary movies on science.

The Bathtub.- The Stellar Bed.- The Casanova Connection.- Footprints of the Giants.- Cosmic Framework.- A Moving Experience.- The Fabric of Spacetime.- Grappling with Gravity.- Beetles on a Branch.- Tub Talk.- The First Solution and the Last Statement.- Sphere of Darkness.- The Voracious Whirlpool.- Dynamics of the Unique.- A Date With Dante.- Imprints of the Invisible.- Celestial Swan Song.- Cibo Per La Mente.- Curtain Call.- Foundations of Fact and Fantasy.

From pre-publication reviews:

Beautifully written and thoroughly entertaining, Vishveshwara's Einstein's Enigma provides an authoritative but distinctly original approach to an explanation of basics and subtleties of Einstein's general relativity and of the astrophysics of black holes. I warmly recommend it to beginner and expert alike.

Prof. Roger Penrose, Author of Shadows of th