Black hole survival guide
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Halloran, Lia, 1977- atrist
Format
Book
Edition
First edition
Status
Nonfiction
523.8875 LEVIN
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523.8875 LEVIN
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Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
143 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"This is a Borzoi book."
Description
"From the acclaimed author of Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space--an authoritative, wholly accessible, fascinating guide to the most challenging phenomena of contemporary science, which is now the anchor of our understanding of the cosmos. Throughout her career, astrophysicist Janna Levin has focused, alongside her research, on making the science she studies not just accessible, but, perhaps more important, intriguing to the nonscientist. And that is what she has done again here, helping us to understand the black hole: perhaps the most opaque theoretical construct ever imagined by physicists. She explains how their existence came to be proven decades after they were first predicted in Einstein's 1915 general theory of relativity. And she explores the ways in which what we know about them has changed our most basic understanding of the galaxy, the universe, the whole expanse of reality that we inhabit. Lively, engaging and utterly unique, Black Hole Survival Guide is not just informative. It is as well, a wonderful read from first to last"--,Provided by publisher
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Levin, J., & Halloran, L. (2020). Black hole survival guide (First edition). Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Levin, Janna and Lia Halloran. 2020. Black Hole Survival Guide. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Levin, Janna and Lia Halloran. Black Hole Survival Guide Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Levin, Janna,, and Lia Halloran. Black Hole Survival Guide First edition, Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
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