Black Hole
Subtitle: How an Idea Abandoned by Newtonians, Hated by Einstein, and Gambled on by Hawking Became Loved
By: Marcia Bartusiak
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780300210859
Subjects: Social aspects; Science; Discoveries in science; Black holes (Astronomy)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: It is therefore possible that the largest luminous bodies in the universe may be invisible; title: Newton, forgive me; title: One would then find oneself . . . in a geometrical fairyland; title: There should be a law of nature to prevent a star from behaving in this absurd way!; title: I'll show those bastards; title: Only its gravitational field persists; title: I could not have picked a more exciting time in which to become a physicist; title: It was the weirdest spectrum I'd ever seen; title: Why don't you call it a black hole?; title: Medieval torture rack; title: Whereas Stephen Hawking has such a large investment in general relativity and black holes and desires an insurance policy; title: Black holes ain't so black.