Description |
xix, 295 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-282) and index. |
Contents |
Evidence for black holes, large and small. The heart of darkness -- Black holes from star death -- Supermassive black holes -- Gravitational engines -- Black holes, past, present, and future. The lives of black holes -- Black holes as tests of gravity -- Seeing with gravity eyes -- The fate of black holes. |
Subject |
Black holes (Astronomy) -- Popular works.
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Gravitation -- Popular works.
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Added Title |
Life and times of black holes |
ISBN |
9781324000938 (hardcover) |
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