Ferguson, Kitty. <br/><br/>
Prisons of light-- :  black holes / 
Kitty Ferguson. 
 - Cambridge ;  New York :  Cambridge University Press,  c1996. 
 - 214 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> "Transferred to digital printing in 2000"--T.p. verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-205) and index. 
<br/><br/>Prologue -- A cosmic case of burnout -- Matters of gravity: Newton and Einstein -- The capture of light -- Tripping the theoretical fantastic -- Crossing the bar -- Contemplating an enormous nothing -- Evidence in the case -- Hearts of darkness -- The search goes on -- Passages into the labyrinth -- Black hole legends and far out ideas -- Epilogue. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521625718 (pbk.) 9780521625715 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Black holes (Astronomy)<br/>Gravity.<br/>Light.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QB 843  / F352p 1996 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>523.8875