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Falcke, Heino, 1966- author.
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Black holes (Astronomy)
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Light in the darknes...
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Light in the darkness : black holes, the universe, and us / Heino Falcke, with Jörg Römer ; translated from German by Marshall Yarbrough.
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Falcke, Heino, 1966- author.
[San Francisco] : HarperOne, 2021.
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Black holes (Astronomy)
Astronomy.
ISBN:
9780063020054 (hardcover) :
006302005X (hardcover) :
Description:
xviii, 350 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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First edition.
Contents:
Humankind, the Earth, and the moon -- The solar system and our changing model of the universe -- Einstein's happiest thought -- The Milky Way and its stars -- Dead stars and black holes -- Galaxies, quasars, and the big bang -- The galactic center -- The idea behind the image -- Building a global telescope -- Striking out on expedition -- The first image -- Beyond the powers of our imagination -- Beyond Einstein? -- Omniscience and limitations.
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"A fascinating and thought-provoking investigation into the nature of black holes-a blend of the spiritual, the philosophical, and the scientific-from the premier German astrophysicist who made history in 2019, capturing the first one on film"--
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