Albert einstein's general theory of relativity, published in 1916, provides the insight to understand the bizarre
structure of space and time in a high-gravity environment. later research by the american physicist john a.
wheeler, and others, to formulate a vocabulary as well as the mathematical tools to describe and predict
what a black hole will do to its surroundings.
read the excerpt from "man listening to disc."
and i bow deeply to thelonious monk
for figuring out a way
to motorize-or whatever-his huge piano
so he could be with us today.
these excerpts are similar because both texts