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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.


The signal from that night in Düsseldorf can still be faintly apprehended.
The signal from that night in Düsseldorf can still be faintly apprehended.

Revision as of 14:47, 5 June 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.

See also