Black Holes Paperback - Softcover

Luminet, Jean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521409063 ISBN 13: 9780521409063

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2010

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Black holes are undoubtedly one of the most fascinating discoveries of modern astronomy, and their description one of the most daring intellectual feats of modern times. Dr Jean-Pierre Luminet takes us on a fabulous journey through space and time to discover the fasxinating truth about the black hole.

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'... a fascinating book that demands to be read not once but probably several times ... Luminet's writing is such that this is a pleasure not a chore.' Christine Sutton, Endeavour

'... a highly instructive book ... excellent graphics ...' Webb Society Reviews

Contraportada:

Black holes are the most fascination discovery of modern astronomy. They have already become legendary, and form the basis of many myths and fantasies. Are they really the monsters of science fiction which devour light and stars? Are they purely hypothetical objects from the theory of relativity or are they an observable reality?In answering these question, the author takes us on a fabulous voyage through space and time. He explains how stars are born, light up and die. He takes into the strange world of supernovae. X-ray stars and quasars. We travel on a journey to the very edge of the Universe and to the limits of contemporary physics.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0521409063
• ISBN 13: 9780521409063
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336