A Crack in Everything: How Black Holes Came in from the Cold and Took Cosmic Centre Stage - Hardcover
by Marcus Chown
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Apollo Publishing InternationalISBN-13:9781804544327ISBN-10:1804544329UPC:9781804544327Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Space Science, HistoryBook Topic:CosmologySize:9.30 x 6.10 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCRRXHTRVP
A Crack in Everything: How Black Holes Came in from the Cold and Took Cosmic Centre Stage
What is space? What is time? Where did the universe come from? The answers to mankind's most enduring questions may lie in science's greatest enigma: black holes.
A black hole is a region of space where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. This can occur when a star approaches the end of its life. Unable to generate enough heat to maintain its outer layers, it shrinks...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Apollo Publishing InternationalISBN-13:9781804544327ISBN-10:1804544329UPC:9781804544327Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Space Science, HistoryBook Topic:CosmologySize:9.30 x 6.10 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCRRXHTRVP
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...
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