Astronomer of the Week, 1/11/06

[yevaud]

Since there are several threads dealing with Singularities, this would seem appropriate.<br /><br /><b>Karl Schwarzschild (1873-1916)</b> <i>was the first to study the theory of black holes. The Schwarzschild radius is the distance from a black hole at which bodies would have an escape velocity exceeding the speed of light and therefore would be invisible. He also wrote extensively on the curvature of space, based on Einstein's Theory of Relativity.</i> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>