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.

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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

Marcus Chown is an award-winning science writer and broadcaster. Formerly a radio astronomer at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, his non-fiction books include Breakthrough, What a Wonderful World, Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You and The Ascent of Gravity, which was The Sunday Times Book of the Year. His fiction includes Felicity Frobisher and the Three-Headed Aldebaran Dust Devil. Chown also launched the Solar System for iPad app, which won The Bookseller Digital Innovation of the Year.

Rezensionen

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