Foreword
Preface
1 A Scientist in Hollywood: The Genesis of Interstellar
I. FOUNDATIONS
2 Our Universe in Brief
3 The Laws That Control
4 Warped Time and Space, and Tidal Gravity
5 Black Holes
II. GARGANTUA
6 Gargantua’s Anatomy
7 Gravitational Slingshots
8 Imaging Gargantua
9 Disks and Jets
10 Accident Is the First Building Block of Evolution
III. DISASTER ON EARTH
11 Blight
12 Gasping for Oxygen
13 Interstellar Travel
IV. THE WORMHOLE
14 Wormholes
15 Visualizing Interstellar’s Wormhole
16 Discovering the Wormhole: Gravitational Waves
V. EXPLORING GARGANTUA’S ENVIRONS
17 Miller’s Planet
18 Gargantua’s Vibrations
19 Mann’s Planet
20 The Endurance
VI. EXTREME PHYSICS
21 The Fourth and Fifth Dimensions
22 Bulk Beings
23 Confining Gravity
24 Gravitational Anomalies
25 The Professor’s Equation
26 Singularities and Quantum Gravity
VII. CLIMAX
27 The Volcano’s Rim
28 Into Gargantua
29 The Tesseract
30 Messaging the Past
31 Lifting Colonies off Earth
Where Can You Learn More?
Some Technical Notes
Acknowledgments
Figure Credits
Bibliography
Index of People
Index of Subjects
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具体描述
A journey through the otherworldly science behind Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated film, Interstellar, from executive producer and theoretical physicist Kip Thorne.
Interstellar, from acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan, takes us on a fantastic voyage far beyond our solar system. Yet in The Science of Interstellar, Kip Thorne, the physicist who assisted Nolan on the scientific aspects of Interstellar, shows us that the movie’s jaw-dropping events and stunning, never-before-attempted visuals are grounded in real science. Thorne shares his experiences working as the science adviser on the film and then moves on to the science itself. In chapters on wormholes, black holes, interstellar travel, and much more, Thorne’s scientific insights—many of them triggered during the actual scripting and shooting of Interstellar—describe the physical laws that govern our universe and the truly astounding phenomena that those laws make possible.
Interstellar and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (s14).
用户评价
##物理残居然读完了，可歌可泣。
##从比较基础的东西讲起，但看得还是挺累，有些也没看明白。黑洞行星的轨迹太牛了。
##从比较基础的东西讲起，但看得还是挺累，有些也没看明白。黑洞行星的轨迹太牛了。
##拍个科幻电影容易么。话说这本写给general public看的书也让我大开眼界，第一次听说黑洞里的infalling和outflying奇点。书后面的further reading list是一个宝藏。
##第一次发现物理这么有趣，可惜词汇量太少，书中很多物理词汇，比较难。跳着看完了。
##By physical laws we humans discover decipher master and use to control our own fate, dealing with mist catastrophe the universe may throw at us.
I always think I hate Physics, which I did. But Kip Thorne changes everything for me. Astrophysics is interesting and amazing beyond my imagination. I am also fond of Kip's writing style. Plus,you will never find how fascinating the world is if you spend large amounts of your time shopping and gossiping.
##第一次发现物理这么有趣，可惜词汇量太少，书中很多物理词汇，比较难。跳着看完了。
##拍个科幻电影容易么。话说这本写给general public看的书也让我大开眼界，第一次听说黑洞里的infalling和outflying奇点。书后面的further reading list是一个宝藏。