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The point of no return. | The [[point of no return]]. | ||
Named after Karl Schwarzschild, a German astrophysicist. Schwarzschild, a clever fellow, and with his compass and protractor he calculated the [[event horizon]] for a non-rotating black hole, a flash of inspiration that came to him in a bierkeller in Düsseldorf during a heated argument about the relative merits of male and female tennis players. In a dark place next morning he sketched out the broad parameters for the [[Schwarzschild radius of alcohol consumption]]. The lady with whom he had been arguing, a handsome Bavarian [[rechtsanwältin]] quickly derived the [[Schwarzschild radius of document comprehension]] — the two phenomena being highly correlated. It was only later that [[Schwarzschild]] appreciated its application in cosmology. | Named after Karl Schwarzschild, a German astrophysicist. Schwarzschild, a clever fellow, and with his compass and protractor he calculated the [[event horizon]] for a non-rotating black hole, a flash of inspiration that came to him in a bierkeller in Düsseldorf during a heated argument about the relative merits of male and female tennis players. In a dark place next morning he sketched out the broad parameters for the [[Schwarzschild radius of alcohol consumption]]. The lady with whom he had been arguing, a handsome Bavarian [[rechtsanwältin]] quickly derived the [[Schwarzschild radius of document comprehension]] — the two phenomena being highly correlated. It was only later that [[Schwarzschild]] appreciated its application in cosmology. | ||
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*[[boredom heat death]] | *[[boredom heat death]] | ||
*[[Schwarzschild radius of document comprehension]] | |||
*[[Schwarzschild radius of alcohol consumption]] | |||
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Revision as of 08:41, 31 March 2017
The point of no return.
Named after Karl Schwarzschild, a German astrophysicist. Schwarzschild, a clever fellow, and with his compass and protractor he calculated the event horizon for a non-rotating black hole, a flash of inspiration that came to him in a bierkeller in Düsseldorf during a heated argument about the relative merits of male and female tennis players. In a dark place next morning he sketched out the broad parameters for the Schwarzschild radius of alcohol consumption. The lady with whom he had been arguing, a handsome Bavarian rechtsanwältin quickly derived the Schwarzschild radius of document comprehension — the two phenomena being highly correlated. It was only later that Schwarzschild appreciated its application in cosmology.
The signal from that night in Düsseldorf can still be faintly apprehended.