Marcus Chown

A Crack in Everything

How Black Holes Came in from the Cold and Took Cosmic Centre Stage

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Produktbeschreibung

A Crack in Everything explores the fascinating breakthroughs that led to the discovery of black holes, the scientific enigma that could unlock the answers to mankindâ s most profound questions about the universe.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 158mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9781804544327
• ISBN-10: 1804544329
• Artikelnr.: 69075228

Autorenporträt

Formerly a radio astronomer at the California Institute of Technology, MARCUS CHOWN is now the cosmology consultant for New Scientist and the author of many books on science, including The Matchbox That Ate a Forty-Ton Truck.

Rezensionen

[An] engaging, briskly paced account of how scientists came — relatively recently, and sometimes reluctantly — to concede that [black holes] exist.