Black Holes and Time Warps

Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
First edition cover
AuthorKip S. Thorne
IllustratorMatthew Zimet
Cover artistJacques Chazaud
SubjectPhysics: general relativity, quantum gravity, black holes
GenreNon-fiction
Published1994
PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
Pages619 pp.
ISBN0-393-31276-3
530.1'1 93-2014
LC ClassQC6.T526 1993
Followed byThe Science of Interstellar (2014) 

Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy is a 1994 popular science book by physicist Kip Thorne. It provides an illustrated overview of the history and development of black hole theory, from its roots in Newtonian mechanics until the early 1990s.