8.821 | Fall 2008 | Graduate

String Theory

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Lecture 22: Black Hole Mechanics is Thermodynamics

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Lecture notes on black holes, the Schwarzchild BH, the cosmic censorship conjecture, BH uniqueness, Hawking’s area theorem, using black holes to make engines, and the first law of black hole thermodynamics.

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Lecture 22: Black Hole Mechanics is Thermodynamics

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