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Annotated Bibliography

Was Our Universe Created Inside A Black Hole?

Austin Baker

Professor Malcolm Campbell

UWRT 1104

October 11, 2017

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Annotated Bibliography

Black Holes. NASA Science Beta, NASA Science, n.d.,

science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/black-holes Accessed October 3, 2017.

This academic article from NASA Science explains what black holes are, how they are

formed, and what they do. The authors do not have an opinion that is stated in the article,

about whether our universe was formed inside a black hole or not. They only provide

information necessary to understand why some people believe that our universe may have

been created inside a black hole; even though it does not say that in the source. Within

this source, the author explains main key points about a black hole such as the general

characteristics and properties that black holes have. NASA Science is a very credible

source concerning astrology and the stellar space. They study outer space and gather

information to make theories and discoveries about everything else thats around our

planet. NASA is a government funded program, dedicated to studying everything outside

our planet. However, this source is also, completely research gathered by NASA and is

very reliable in this way. This source is my first source and has a lot of information that

should be general knowledge to know when reading through my Extended Inquiry

Project (EIP). Other sources that I have, may have the same or similar information. This

source is definitely going to be in my EIP, because of its information. The information

needs to be known, as a background for why people believe that our universe is inside a

black hole.

Intense 5. Space Documentary 2016 - A Look Inside Black Holes. NASA, YouTube, 20 Nov.

2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HB3oW-p-qo&t=2410s. Accessed October 3, 2017.

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This documentary that was posted on YouTube, is a very informational source about the

nature of black holes and their characteristics. Through the length of this video, it talks

about what black holes are, how they are formed, why they are created, and what they do.

It talks a lot about the same information that I have described in my last source. The

narrator talks about Einstein's theory of general relativity and how it relates to black

holes. The narrator does not talk about our universe being inside of a black hole and is

unbiased to any opinion. He only gives information about black holes. Thomas Lucas is

the writer/director of this film, he has written and directed plenty of other documentaries

and films that relate to this topic. I dont know if this source is very credible, considering

it was posted on YouTube. It doesnt display the actual title of documentary in the video,

it only give information that I have researched to be true. This source may not be the

most credible source that I have, but it doesnt mean that the information that I have

obtained from it, to be falsified or unusable. This source is not as great of a source as my

other sources that I have, so it remains to be on the bottom of the list of where I would

want to pull information from. I dont think that I will be using much information from

this source, considering that its not as trustworthy as the other sources that I have. I will

still use some information that I have gotten from this source, as a reference; only bits

and pieces.

Poplawski, Nikodem. Every Black Hole Contains a New Universe. Inside Science,

American Institute of Physics, 23 Aug. 2016, www.insidescience.org/news/every-black-

hole-contains-new-universe. Accessed October 3, 2017.

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This scholarly article by Nikodem Poplawski, who is a theoretical physicist at the

University of New Haven In Connecticut, talks about why he believes and that many

other people believe that our universe is inside of a black hole. He explains the theories

of general relativity by Einstein, and quantum mechanics and why they are important. He

is biased in this article but it does not directly discredit the theory. He talks about how the

universe was created; it so closely represents the same concept of how it looks when a

black hole is formed. Matter is created from high amounts of energy inside of a

singularity, and expands outward. He very strongly stands behind his opinion that the

theory that our universe, to exist inside of a black hole, explains all the questions that

scientists have about how our universe was created. He gives a lot of facts and evidence

of why he believes that inside our universe as well, other black holes may have their own

universes within them as well. This article is written by him specifically, and he is known

for believing in this theory. This source is very reliable, however, it may be biased to the

point where he is only saying what he wants others to hear. He doesnt propose any

questions that would flaw this theory. This source is directly related to my topic question

and is going to be a leading source in my EIP. I currently do not have any other source

that is related to the topic of my EIP. I decided on my topic question while doing research

so from here on, my course of research has been shifted. I do believe that this source will

help me shape my argument very well and that I have obtained a lot of valuable

information from this article. Nikodem Poplawski doesnt touch on the small points that

should be general knowledge to know, before reading this article. I believe that the

previous sources would help with that greatly.

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Smith, Heather R., Edited by Flint Wild What Is a Black Hole? NASA, Brian Dunbar, 4 Aug.

2017, www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/what-is-a-black-hole-

k4.html Accessed October 3, 2017

This academic article by NASA, edited by Flint Wild, and published by NASA Official

Brian Dunbar, is about black holes and their characteristics and properties. This article

gives a lot of the same information that has been previously proposed by other sources

that I have. It talks about some of the big frequently asked questions that people have

about black holes, such as Could a black hole destroy Earth? or If black holes are

black, how do scientists know they are there? This article gives information about those

types of FAQs and can possibly be helpful in writing my EIP. It does not talk about the

theory that our universe is inside a black hole. There isnt much new information to be

derived from this sources that hasnt already been said by other sources. This source is

definitely a credible one because it has been published by NASA. However, this article

was mainly written for grades K through 4. Not very much critical information is said in

this article, because it was written for such a young audience. I dont think that I will be

using this source in my EIP because of its lack of importance to my topic. It doesnt hold

much information thats useful to me or to beneficial for the knowledge of a reader. This

source is not very helpful to me in writing my EIP, so I think I will be excluding this

source but retaining it, in case I decide to reference it.