the key to understanding the universe Cox, Brian Edward 1968- creator Forshaw, Jeff (Jeffrey Robert) 1968- text nyu New York Mariner Books 2024 First Mariner Books paperback edition monographic eng

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280 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm "At the heart of our galaxy lies a monster four million times more massive than the Sun. Within its domain, space and time are so warped that no light escapes. According to Einstein, here lies the end of time. According to twenty-first century physics, the reality may be far more bizarre. Meet the most extraordinary object in the universe: the black hole . . . In this . . . book, acclaimed physicists Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw take you to the edge of our understanding of black holes; a scientific journey to the research frontier spanning a century of physics, from Einstein to Hawking and beyond"--Provided by publisher A brief history of black holes Unifying space and time Bringing infinity to a finite place Warping spacetime Into the black hole White holes and wormholes The Kerr wonderland Real black holes from collapsing stars Black hole thermodynamics Hawking radiation Spaghettified and vaporized The sound of one hand clapping The world as a hologram Islands in the stream The perfect code Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw. Includes bibliographical references and index. Agujeros negros (Astronomía) Astrofísica Teoría cuántica QB 843 C877b 2024 9780062936714 0062936719 260210 20260219161451.0 eng