A brief history of black holes : and why nearly everything you know about them is wrong
Smethurst, Becky, 1990-2022
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Right now, you are orbiting a black hole. The Earth goes around the Sun, and the Sun goes around the centre of the Milky Way: a supermassive black hole - the strangest and most misunderstood phenomenon in the galaxy. In this book, Becky Smethurst charts the scientific breakthroughs that have uncovered the weird and wonderful world of black holes, from Hawking radiation to the iconic first photographs of a black hole in 2019.
Main title:
A brief history of black holes : and why nearly everything you know about them is wrong / Dr. Rebecca Smethurst.
Author:
Smethurst, Becky, 1990-, author
Imprint:
London : Macmillan, 2022.
Collation:
304 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781529086706 (hbk)
Dewey class:
523.8875
LC class:
QB843.B55
Language:
English
BRN:
3149842
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