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020 _a0521625718 (pbk.)
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035 _a(OCoLC)58989910
050 1 4 _aQB 843
_bF352p 1996
082 0 4 _a523.8875
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049 _aGRAL
100 1 _aFerguson, Kitty.
245 1 0 _aPrisons of light-- :
_bblack holes /
_cKitty Ferguson.
260 _aCambridge ;
_aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_cc1996.
300 _a214 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
500 _a"Transferred to digital printing in 2000"--T.p. verso.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [203]-205) and index.
505 0 _aPrologue -- 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.
650 0 _aBlack holes (Astronomy)
650 0 _aGravity.
650 0 _aLight.
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