Black holes
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Black holes
Cambridge University Press, c1992
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- : pbk
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Trous noirs
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Translation of: Trous noirs
Originally published: Paris : Belfond, c1987
Bibliographical references: p. [307]
Includes Indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- Foreword to the French edition
- Foreword to the English edition
- Acknowledgements
- Part I. Gravitation and Light: 1. First fruits
- 2. Relativity
- 3. Curved space-time
- Part II. Exquisite Corpses: 4. Chronicle of the twilight years
- 5. Ashes and diamonds
- 6. Supernovae
- 7. Pulsars
- 8. Gravitation triumphant
- Part III. Light Assassinated: 9. The far horizon
- 10. Illuminations
- 11. A descent into the maelstrom
- 12. Map games
- 13. The black hole machine
- 14. The quantum black hole
- Part IV. Light Regained: 15. Primordial black holes
- 16. The zoo of X-ray stars
- 17. Giant black holes
- 18. Gravitational light
- 19. The black hole Universe
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Name index
- Subject index.
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