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Author : Igorʹ Dmitrievich Novikov
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1995-09-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521558700
A popular account of the properties and significance of black holes.
Author : Heino Falcke,Jörg Römer
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780063020078
The International Bestseller On April 10, 2019, award-winning astrophysicist Heino Falcke presented the first image ever captured of a black hole at an international press conference—a turning point in astronomy that Science magazine called the scientific breakthrough of the year. That photo was captured with the unthinkable commitment of an intercontinental team of astronomers who transformed the world into a global telescope. While this image achieved Falcke’s goal in making a black hole “visible” for the first time, he recognizes that the photo itself asks more questions for humanity than it answers. Light in the Darkness takes us on Falcke’s extraordinary journey to the darkest corners of the universe. From the first humans looking up at the night sky to modern astrophysics, from the study of black holes to the still-unsolved mysteries of the universe, Falcke asks, in even the greatest triumphs of science, is there room for doubts, faith, and a God? A plea for curiosity and humility, Light in the Darkness sees one of the great minds shaping the world today as he ponders the big, pressing questions that present themselves when we look up at the stars.
Author : Chris Ferrie
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781728216126
Spark your child's imagination through science and learning with this captivating astronomy book for toddlers. When it comes to kids books about black holes nothing else can compare to this clever science parody from the #1 science author for kids, Chris Ferrie! PLUS, use a black light to reveal secret, invisible text and artwork that reverses the story from nothing to the scientific creation of everything! Using the familiar rhythm of "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly," follow along as the black hole swallows up the universe and everything that exists in it, from the biggest to the smallest pieces of matter. The silly, vibrant artwork is sure to make stargazers of all ages smile and start a love of science in your baby. There was a black hole that swallowed the universe. I don't know why it swallowed the universe—oh well, it couldn't get worse. There was a black hole that swallowed a galaxy. It left quite a cavity after swallowing that galaxy. It swallowed the galaxies that filled universe. I don't know why it swallowed the universe—oh well, it couldn't get worse.
Author : Janna Levin
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781984899798
From the acclaimed author of Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space—an authoritative and accessible guide to the most alluring and challenging phenomena of contemporary science. "[Levin will] take you on a safe black hole trip, an exciting travel story enjoyed from your chair’s event horizon.” —Boston Globe Through her writing, astrophysicist Janna Levin has focused on making the science she studies not just comprehensible but also, and perhaps more important, intriguing to the nonscientist. In this book, she helps us to understand and find delight in the black hole—perhaps the most opaque theoretical construct ever imagined by physicists—illustrated with original artwork by American painter and photographer Lia Halloran. Levin takes us on an evocative exploration of black holes, provoking us to imagine the visceral experience of a black hole encounter. She reveals the influence of black holes as they populate the universe, sculpt galaxies, and even infuse the whole expanse of reality that we inhabit. Lively, engaging, and utterly unique, Black Hole Survival Guide is not just informative—it is, as well, a wonderful read from first to last.
Author : Chris Impey
Publisher : W. W. Norton
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : SCIENCE
ISBN : 1324000937
Reveals how our comprehension of black holes is intrinsically linked to how we make sense of the universe and our place within it
Author : Iain Nicolson
Publisher : Halsted Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015059047707
Author : Leonard Susskind
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008-07-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 0316032697
What happens when something is sucked into a black hole? Does it disappear? Three decades ago, a young physicist named Stephen Hawking claimed it did-and in doing so put at risk everything we know about physics and the fundamental laws of the universe. Most scientists didn't recognize the import of Hawking's claims, but Leonard Susskind and Gerard t'Hooft realized the threat, and responded with a counterattack that changed the course of physics. THE BLACK HOLE WAR is the thrilling story of their united effort to reconcile Hawking's revolutionary theories of black holes with their own sense of reality-effort that would eventually result in Hawking admitting he was wrong, paying up, and Susskind and t'Hooft realizing that our world is a hologram projected from the outer boundaries of space. A brilliant book about modern physics, quantum mechanics, the fate of stars and the deep mysteries of black holes, Leonard Susskind's account of the Black Hole War is mind-bending and exhilarating reading.
Author : Priyamvada Natarajan
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780300221121
A theoretical astrophysicist explores the ideas that transformed our knowledge of the universe over the past century. The cosmos, once understood as a stagnant place, filled with the ordinary, is now a universe that is expanding at an accelerating pace, propelled by dark energy and structured by dark matter. Priyamvada Natarajan, our guide to these ideas, is someone at the forefront of the research—an astrophysicist who literally creates maps of invisible matter in the universe. She not only explains for a wide audience the science behind these essential ideas but also provides an understanding of how radical scientific theories gain acceptance. The formation and growth of black holes, dark matter halos, the accelerating expansion of the universe, the echo of the big bang, the discovery of exoplanets, and the possibility of other universes—these are some of the puzzling cosmological topics of the early twenty-first century. Natarajan discusses why the acceptance of new ideas about the universe and our place in it has never been linear and always contested even within the scientific community. And she affirms that, shifting and incomplete as science always must be, it offers the best path we have toward making sense of our wondrous, mysterious universe. “Part history, part science, all illuminating. If you want to understand the greatest ideas that shaped our current cosmic cartography, read this book.”—Adam G. Riess, Nobel Laureate in Physics, 2011 “A highly readable, insider’s view of recent discoveries in astronomy with unusual attention to the instruments used and the human drama of the scientists.”—Alan Lightman, author of The Accidental Universe and Einstein's Dream
Author : John Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1974-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0006335098
Author : Sara Latta
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781512415681
Explore the cutting-edge science of black hole research and discover fascinating interviews with respected scientists in the field.
Author : Fred C. Adams,Greg Laughlin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781439118689
As the twentieth century closed, Fred Adams and Greg Laughlin captured the attention of the world by identifying the five ages of time. In The Five Ages of the Universe, Adams and Laughlin demonstrate that we can now understand the complete life story of the cosmos from beginning to end. Adams and Laughlin have been hailed as the creators of the definitive long-term projection of the evolution of the universe. Their achievement is awesome in its scale and profound in its scientific breadth. But The Five Ages of the Universe is more than a handbook of the physical processes that guided our past and will shape our future; it is a truly epic story. Without leaving earth, here is a fantastic voyage to the physics of eternity. It is the only biography of the universe you will ever need.
Author : Mitchell Begelman,Martin Rees
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009-12-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781316139462
Richly illustrated with the images from observatories on the ground and in space, and computer simulations, this book shows how black holes were discovered, and discusses our current understanding of their role in cosmic evolution. This second edition covers new discoveries made in the past decade, including definitive proof of a black hole at the center of the Milky Way, evidence that the expansion of the Universe is accelerating, and the new appreciation of the connection between black holes and galaxy formation. There are entirely new chapters on gamma-ray bursts and cosmic feedback. Begelman and Rees blend theoretical arguments with observational results to demonstrate how both approaches contributed to this subject. Clear illustrations and photographs reveal the strange and amazing workings of our universe. The engaging style makes this book suitable for introductory undergraduate courses, amateur astronomers, and all readers interested in astronomy and physics.
Author : Katherine Blundell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780199602667
Black holes are a source of wide fascination. In this Very Short Introduction, Katherine Blundell addresses a variety of questions, including what a black hole actually is, how they are characterised and discovered, to what happens if you get too close to one. Explaining how black holes formand grow across cosmic time, as well as how many there are in the Universe, she also considers how black holes interact with matter - by stealing material that belongs to other stars, and how black holes give rise to quasars and other spectacular, yet exotic phenomena in outer space.
Author : Richard T Hammond
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2001-09-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814491013
This book presents a series of delightful interviews in which natural objects such as an electron, a black hole, a galaxy, and even the vacuum itself, reveal their innermost secrets — not only what they are but also how they feel. A hydrogen atom tells us about quantum mechanics and why we live in a non-deterministic world; a black hole explains curved space and naked singularities; and a uranium atom talks of its life on a meteor, its tremendous collision with Earth, and properties of radioactivity — all while grappling with its own mortality. A neutron star gives a personal account of its creation and goes on to discuss quasars and other extraordinary astronomical objects, while an iron atom describes its birth in a remote supernova explosion and its series of adventures on Earth, from its early use in wrought iron processes to its time in a human body, and then to its latest misadventures. The book discusses many fundamental issues in physics and, at times, examines the philosophical and moral issues of society. For example, the interview with the quark reveals the nature of color gauge symmetry, which is interwoven with a discussion on truth and beauty, and shows how these concepts play an integral part in physics and nature, while the uranium atom expresses its horror of the development and use of the atomic bomb. Contents:Interview with a Carbon AtomInterview with an ElectronInterview with JupiterInterview with a Black HoleInterview with a Uranium AtomInterview with a Fermion and a BosonInterview with a StarInterview with a WimpInterview with a CometInterview with a Spiral GalaxyInterview with a NeutrinoInterview with a Hydrogen AtomInterview with a NeutronInterview with a QuarkInterview with a TachyonInterview with a QuasarInterview with AntimatterInterview with IronInterview with a MuonInterview with a Neutron StarInterview with a StringInterview with Vacuum Readership: Scientists and anyone interested in the natural world. Keywords:Black Holes;Quarks;Astronomy;Popular Physics;Philosophy of Physics;Philosophy of Science;General Relativity;Vacuum Energy;Cosmology
Author : I. Novikov,V. Frolov
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401726511
One of the most exciting predictions of Einstein's theory of gravitationisthat there may exist 'black holes': putative objects whose gravitational fields are so strong that no physical bodies and signals can break free of their pull and escape. Even though a completely reliable discovery of a black hole has not yet been made, several objects among those scrutinized by astrophysicists will very likely be conformed as black holes. The proof that they do exist, and an analysis of their properties, would have a significance going far beyond astrophysics. Indeed, what is involved is not just the discovery of yet another, even if extremely remarkable, astrophysical object, but a test of the correctness of our understanding the properties of space and time in extremely strong gravitational fields. Theoretical research into the properties of black holes and into the possible corollaries of the hypothesis that they exist, has been carried out with special vigor since the beginning of the 1970s. In addition to those specific features of black holes that are important for the interpretation of their possible astrophysical manifestations, the theory has revealed a nurober of unexpected characteristics of physical interactions involving black holes. By now, a fairly detailed understanding has been achieved of the properties of the black holes, their possible astrophysical manifestations, and the specifics of the various physical processes involved. Furthermore, profound links were found between black-hole theory and such seemingly very distant fields as thermodynamics, information theory, and quantum theory.
