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Black holes are undoubtedly one of the most fascinating discoveries of modern astronomy, and their description one of the most daring intellectual feats of modern times. They have already become legendary, forming the basis of many myths, fantasies and science fiction movies. Are they really the monsters which devour light and stars; bottomless celestial pits into which all matter is sucked and crushed? Are they an observable reality, or are they just hypothetical objects from the theory of relativity? In answering such questions the author takes us on a fabulous journey through space and time. Dr Jean-Pierre Luminet is an astronomer at Meudon Observatory in France, a specialist on the subject of black holes, and has also acquired a reputation for being a gifted writer and communicator. In this book he makes the subject of black holes accessible to any interested reader, who will need no mathematical background.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Physics Applied physics

• Full title: Black Holes
• Author: Jean-Pierre Luminet
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 336
• EAN: 9780521400299
• ISBN: 0521400295
• ID: 02029627
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 532 g
• Dimensions: 215 × 153 × 21 mm
• Date of publishing: 28. August 1992

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