Marcia Bartusiak traces the term "black hole" to physicist Robert H. Dicke who in the early 1960s reportedly compared the phenomenon to the Black Hole of Calcutta, notorious as a prison …

Mar 9, 2024 · Robert Dicke, also a distinguished physicist and colleague of Wheeler at Princeton University, aware of the prison’s tragedy began, around 1960, to compare gravitationally …

The term “black hole,” she writes, appears to date back to a 1961 conference where physicist Robert Dicke compared what were then called “gravitationally completely collapsed objects” to …

Feb 6, 2024 · Science writer Marcia Bartusiak traces the term "black hole" to physicist Robert H. Dicke, who in the early 1960s reportedly compared the phenomenon to the Black Hole of …

The average density of a 108 M☉ black hole is comparable to that of water. [331][415] Consequently, the physics of matter forming a supermassive black hole is much better …

Oct 13, 2025 · Both the General Theory of Relativity and the Einstein field equations inspired Einstein and other theoretical physicists to conceptualize and explore further the possible …

Apr 7, 2021 · Such questions are typically addressed in history sections of Wikipedia articles, as in this case:"Science writer Marcia Bartusiak traces the term "black hole" to physicist Robert H. …

The Black Hole of Calcutta was a dungeon in Fort William, Calcutta, measuring 14 by 18 feet (4.3 m × 5.5 m), in which troops of Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, held British prisoners of …

Science writer Marcia Bartusiak traces the term "black hole" to physicist Robert H. Dicke, who in the early 1960s reportedly compared the phenomenon to the Black Hole of Calcutta, notorious …

Dec 11, 2025 · While Wheeler is usually associated with the popularization, the earliest known use was by physicist Robert Dicke, who likened the phenomenon to a “black hole of Calcutta,” …