This is the book about black holes that you never knew you needed。 Originally written as a Playboy Magazine article which was never published （the tale is recounted in the introduction）， and gestated over years of communication between Kip Thorne and Lia Halloran， the resulting illustrated book is nothing short of a new way of approaching theoretical physics。 There are some dynamic ideas contained within， and nothing short of at least three points that has completely changed my perspective on ou This is the book about black holes that you never knew you needed。 Originally written as a Playboy Magazine article which was never published （the tale is recounted in the introduction）， and gestated over years of communication between Kip Thorne and Lia Halloran， the resulting illustrated book is nothing short of a new way of approaching theoretical physics。 There are some dynamic ideas contained within， and nothing short of at least three points that has completely changed my perspective on our relationship with time and gravity。 If， at any point in your life， you were interested in black hole， this book is for you。 。。。more