Black Holes: The Reith Lectures

It is said that fact is sometimes stranger than fiction, and nowhere is that more true than in the case of black holes. Black holes are stranger than anything dreamed up by science fiction writers.

In 2016 Professor Stephen Hawking delivered the BBC Reith Lectures on a subject that fascinated him for decades black holes.

In these flagship lectures the legendary physicist argued that if we could only understand black holes and how they challenge the very nature of space and time, we could unlock the secrets of the universe.

STEPHEN HAWKING was a brilliant theoretical physicist and is generally considered to have been one of the world's greatest thinkers. He held the position of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge for thirty years and is the author ofA Brief History of Timewhich was an international bestseller. His other books for the general reader includeA Briefer History of Time,the essay collectionBlack Holes and Baby Universe,The Universe in a Nutshell, The Grand Design, andBlack Holes: The BBC Reith Lectures. He died on 14 March, 2018.