A Brief History of Black Holes : And why nearly everything you know about them is wrong
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1529086701
ISBN-13
9781529086706
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Imprint
Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 1st, 2022
Print length
288 Pages
Weight
492 grams
Dimensions
16.20 x 24.10 x 3.00 cms
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History of sciencePopular scienceCosmology & the universeAstrophysics
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Black Holes are the universe’s strangest and most fascinating objects – Dr Becky explains all, and why nearly everything you know about them is wrong.
Black Holes are the universes strangest and most fascinating objectsDr. Becky explains all, and why nearly everything you know about them is wrong.
Right now, you are orbiting a black hole. The Earth goes around the Sun, and the Sun goes around the centre of the Milky Way: a supermassive black holethe strangest and most misunderstood phenomenon in the galaxy.
In A Brief History of Black Holes University of Oxford astrophysicist Dr. Becky Smethurst charts the scientific breakthroughs that have uncovered the weird and wonderful world of black holes, from the collapse of massive stars to the iconic first photographs of a black hole in 2019. A cosmic tale of discovery, youll learn: why black holes arent really black, that you never ever want to be spaghettified, how black holes are more like sofa cushions than hoovers, and why beyond the event horizon, the future is a direction in space rather than in time. Full of wit and learning, this captivating book explains why black holes contain the secrets to the most profound questions about our universe.
Right now, you are orbiting a black hole. The Earth goes around the Sun, and the Sun goes around the centre of the Milky Way: a supermassive black holethe strangest and most misunderstood phenomenon in the galaxy.
In A Brief History of Black Holes University of Oxford astrophysicist Dr. Becky Smethurst charts the scientific breakthroughs that have uncovered the weird and wonderful world of black holes, from the collapse of massive stars to the iconic first photographs of a black hole in 2019. A cosmic tale of discovery, youll learn: why black holes arent really black, that you never ever want to be spaghettified, how black holes are more like sofa cushions than hoovers, and why beyond the event horizon, the future is a direction in space rather than in time. Full of wit and learning, this captivating book explains why black holes contain the secrets to the most profound questions about our universe.
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