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Black hole : how an idea abandoned by Newtonians, hated by Einstein, and gambled on by Hawking became loved / Marcia Bartusiak.
LIBRA QB843.B55 B37 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bartusiak, Marcia, 1950- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Black holes (Astronomy).
- Discoveries in science.
- Science--Social aspects.
- Science.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 237 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven [Connecticut[ : Yale University Press, [2015]
- Contents:
- It is therefore possible that the largest luminous bodies in the universe may be invisible
- Newton, forgive me
- One would then find oneself . . . in a geometrical fairlyand
- There should be a law of nature to prevent a star from behaving in this absurd way!
- I'll show those bastards
- Only its gravitational field persists
- I could not have picked a more exciting time in which to become a physicist
- It was the weirdest spectrum I'd ever seen
- Why don't you call it a black hole?
- Medieval torture rack
- Whereas Stephen Hawking has such a large investment in general relativity and black holes and desires an insurance policy
- Black holes ain't so black.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300210859
- 030021085X
- OCLC:
- 892620522
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