Read by Duranee and Barry Haworth, written by Steve Nerlich, technical advice from Stephen D'Souza. Transforming Stephen Hawking. The Fourier transform. So today, we’re not going to start by reading out a formula, because the Fourier transform uses calculus – and really calculus is applied geometry, where you’re either deriving the gradient of a curve or you’re integrating the area underneath that curve. The Hawking radiation formula. We generally think of black holes as bottomless gravity wells that suck things down, never to be seen again, But, Professor Stephen Hawking has argued that there should be a certain radiative loss from any black hole and he went on to develop a formula that expressed that radiative loss   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too! Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://astrogear.spreadshirt.com/ for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/ Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.