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Astronomy and space

Astronomy and space

Fine structure and black holes

02 Mar 2021

Sidney Perkowitz on attempts to measure the fine structure constant α near black holes

A black hole
(Courtesy: A Angelich (NRAO/AUI/NSF); NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA/CXC/STScI)
Black holes remain a fascinating idea in popular physics while inspiring high-level research. Indeed

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Sidney Perkowitz is the Candler Professor of Physics Emeritus, Emory University, US. His latest book Science Sketches: Looking at Science from Different Angles is forthcoming
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