Black hole : how an idea abandoned by Newtonians, hated by Einstein, and gambled on by Hawking becam...
Black hole : how an idea abandoned by Newtonians, hated by Einstein, and gambled on by Hawking becam...
Black hole : how an idea abandoned by Newtonians, hated by Einstein, and gambled on by Hawking became loved / Marcia Bartusiak.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
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G 2016/309
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English
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Physical content
xii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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 fairyland -- There should be a law of nature to prevent a star from behaving in this absurd way! -- I'll show those bastards -- Only it...
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[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 engrossing book tells the story of the fierce black hole debates and the contributions...
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Black hole : how an idea abandoned by Newtonians, hated by Einstein, and gambled on by Hawking became loved / Marcia Bartusiak.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-223) and index.
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G 2016/309
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74VKzKpwdPzy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzKpwdPzy
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ISBN
030021085X (clothbound ; alk. paper)
9780300210859 (clothbound ; alk. paper)
DDC
523.8875
MMS ID
991023402879702626
