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Supermassive : black holes at the beginning and end of the universe / James Trefil and Shobita Satyapal.

Trefil, James, 1938- (author.). Satyapal, Shobita, 1966- (author.).

Summary:

Black holes, demystified: follow along the quest to understand the history and influence of one of space science's most fascinating and confounding phenomena.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781588347893
  • ISBN: 1588347893
  • Physical Description: x, 246 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2025]

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General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
From Newton to Einstein -- Is gravity really a force? -- The birth of black holes -- Do black holes really exist? -- The first stellar black hole -- Searching for the center -- The monster at the heart of the galaxy -- Monsters everywhere -- The black hole paradigm -- Quasars -- Gravitational waves -- Pulsars -- The cosmic hum -- Dark matter searches -- Black holes in a quantum world -- Black holes, quantum gravity, and all that -- The information paradox -- The singularity -- Supermassives and the big bang -- Telescopes in orbit -- The end of the universe.

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Madison Main Library 523.887 TRE (Text) 30229101393121 Adult New Nonfiction Checked out 09/03/2025
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