Re: That black-hole space-time curvature thing

From: Damien Broderick (damien@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Fri Sep 12 1997 - 05:17:36 MDT

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At 04:35 PM 9/11/97 +0100, Sarah asked plaintively:

>So where does the force in a black-hole come from. It's
>perfectly understandable in terms of gravitational field theory, but I lose
>it when space-time distortion is used to explain it.

Perfectly simple, really. As good dead Alfred Bester put it:

Tenser, said the tensor
Tenser, said the tensor
Tension, apprehension and dissension have begun!

Damien Broderick

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