Black Holes Hardback
Edited by Jean-Pierre (Observatoire de Paris, Meudon) Luminet
Hardback
Description
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.
They have already become legendary, forming the basis of many myths, fantasies and science fiction movies.
Are they really the monsters which devour light and stars; bottomless celestial pits into which all matter is sucked and crushed?
Are they an observable reality, or are they just hypothetical objects from the theory of relativity?
In answering such questions the author takes us on a fabulous journey through space and time.
Dr Jean-Pierre Luminet is an astronomer at Meudon Observatory in France, a specialist on the subject of black holes, and has also acquired a reputation for being a gifted writer and communicator.
In this book he makes the subject of black holes accessible to any interested reader, who will need no mathematical background.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:336 pages, 3 Tables, unspecified; 71 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:28/08/1992
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521400299
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:336 pages, 3 Tables, unspecified; 71 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:28/08/1992
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521400299
