Black hole : how an idea abandoned by Newtonians, hated by Einstein, and gambled on by Hawking became loved
Bartusiak, Marcia, 1950-2015
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For more than half a century, physicists, and astronomers engaged in heated dispute over the possibility of black holes in the universe. The weirdly alien notion of a space-time abyss from which nothing escapes - not even light - seemed to confound all logic. This book tells the story of the fierce black hole debates and the contributions of Einstein and Hawking and other leading thinkers who completely altered our view of the universe.
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Imprint:
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
Collation:
xii, 237 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780300219661 (pbk)
Dewey class:
523.8875
Language:
English
BRN:
1526638