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Black holes, expected by Albert Einstein's standard theory of relativity more than a century before, have long intrigued researchers and the general public with the bizarre and fantastical properties. Although Einstein understood that black openings were mathematical solutions to his equations, he never accepted their physical certainty - a point of view many shared. After introducing the basics of the special and standard theories of relativity, this booklet describes black openings both as astrophysical objects and theoretical "laboratories" where physicists can test their knowledge of gravitational, quantum, and thermal physics. From Schwarzschild black holes to spinning and colliding black openings, and from gravitational radiation to Hawking radiation and information reduction, Steven Gubser and Frans Pretorius use creative thought tests and analogies to make clear their subject matter accessibly. They also identify the decades-long search to see the universe in gravitational waves, which lately resulted in the LIGO observatories' diagnosis of the distinctive gravitational wave "chirp" of two colliding black openings - the first immediate observation of black holes' existence.
