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Black hole : how an idea abandoned by Newtonians, hated by Einstein, and gambled on by Hawking became loved /

"For more than half a century, physicists and astronomers engaged in heated dispute over the possibility of black holes in the universe. The weirdly alien notion of a space-time abyss from which nothing escapes--not even light--seemed to confound all logic. This engrossing book tells the story...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bartusiak, Marcia, 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • It is therefore possible that the largest luminous bodies in the universe may be invisible
  • Newton, forgive me
  • One would then find oneself ... in a geometrical fairyland
  • There should be a law of nature to prevent a star from behaving in this absurd way!
  • I'll show those bastards
  • Only its gravitational field persists.
  • I could not have picked a more exciting time in which to become a physicist
  • It was the weirdest spectrum I'd ever seen
  • Why don't you call it a black hole?
  • Medieval torture rack
  • Whereas Stephen Hawking has such a large investment in general relativity and black holes and desires an insurance policy
  • Black holes ain't so black.