Einstein's monsters : the life and times of black holes
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- ISBN: 9780393357509
- ISBN: 0393357503
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Physical Description:
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xix, 295 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm - Publisher: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2019.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-282) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword -- Part A. Evidence for black holes, large and small. The heart of darkness -- Black holes from star death -- Supermassive black holes -- Gravitational engines -- Part B. Black holes, past, present, and future. The lives of black holes -- Black holes as tests of gravity -- Seeing with gravity eyes -- The fate of black holes. |
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Subject: | Black holes (Astronomy) Popular works Gravitation Popular works |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | QB 843 .B55 I47 2019 | 30775305549918 | General Collection | Available | - |
Einstein`s Monsters : The Life and Times of Black Holes
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Einstein`s Monsters : The Life and Times of Black Holes
Chris Impey is a distinguished professor in the department of astronomy at the University of Arizona and the critically acclaimed author of Beyond, How It Began, How It Ends, and four other books, as well as two astronomy textbooks. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.