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John Michell assumed that an object that was compact enough would not be able to emit light; his calculations were based on the escape velocity. At his time (18th. century) the idea was considered preposterous.
Soon after the publication of the General Theory of Relativity, Schwarzschild (by coincidence, the name means "black shield") did calculations that predicted the possibility of the black hole. Note that the explanation of why the black hole would not emit any light is somewhat different than the ones by Michell. Michell's calculations were based on the escape velocity of an object; the modern version of the black hole is about space-time being so distorted that an object can only get deeper into a black hole, no matter what its velocity.
According to calculations by Stephen Hawkings, a black hole would gradually evaporate, despite the fact that matter can't directly get out from the inside of the black hole. His calculations are based on quantum-mechanical effects near the border (event horizon) of the black hole.
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∙ 10y agoThe philosopher and geologist John Michell in the late 18th century described what would happen to infalling matter approaching a body of a certain mass where it had sufficient acceleration from gravity to approach the speed of light, and proposing the idea that light theoretically emitted by it would be unable to escape; but it wasn't until Albert Einstein's General theory of Relativity (1915) that the framework of gravitation was in place and the reality of black holes could be described mathematically. Building upon Einstein's work, the effect of gravity on light was much better understood and solutions to his field equations yielded much more accurate models of black holes' properties and strong theoretical evidence for their existence. Karl Schwarzchild was the first to find a solution describing an uncharged, non-rotating black hole and the formula for the radius of a black hole of a given mass takes his name (the Schwarzchild radius).
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∙ 9y agoBlack holes would be studied by astronomers and astrophysicists.
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∙ 14y agoProbably the leading theoretician associated with the development of the understanding of the phenomenon,
though by no means the only one, has been Steven Hawking.
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∙ 13y agoSteven Hawking.
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Who didn't have experimental evidence to support his theory of atoms?
The Greek philosopher Democritus first put forward the idea of atoms as an intellectual theory.
Who proposed john Dalton's atomic theory?
John Dalton. He put forward the atomic theory in 1808.
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The idea of an astronomical body so massive that even light could not escape (now known as the black hole) was first put forward by geologist John Michell in a letter written to Henry Cavendish in 1783 of the Royal Society.
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It is the most consistent, and perhaps the best, theory put forward to explain the fact of evolution.
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Are Black Holes distroyable?
In theory, yes. If you put enough antimatter in, you could in theory annihilate a black hole. Also, one could throw tons of particles that would change it's momentum so it stops spinning. Neither of these is possible for humanity. Also, there is absolutely no reason to destroy black holes. <><><><><> It is theorized that black holes hold galaxies together, so destroying one seems like a very bad idea, even if it were possible.
Can the black hole be put into an equation?
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John Dalton
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Who didn't have experimental evidence to support his theory of atoms?
The Greek philosopher Democritus first put forward the idea of atoms as an intellectual theory.
Who proposed john Dalton's atomic theory?
John Dalton. He put forward the atomic theory in 1808.
What does Henry cavendish have to do with black holes?
The idea of an astronomical body so massive that even light could not escape (now known as the black hole) was first put forward by geologist John Michell in a letter written to Henry Cavendish in 1783 of the Royal Society.
Is there any way to get rid of black holes?
No. Anything you put into a black hole simply gets added to its mass.
Theory of learning?
Theory of learning is hypothesis (put forward by various schools of philosophy) on how concepts,forms,skills,abiltiy of thoughts as knowledge is learnt.
Which of the thinkers from the scientific revolution first proposed a heliocentric theory that Earth revolves around the sun?
Nicolaus Copernicus put forward a heliocentric theory.
