Black hole : how an idea abandoned by Newtonians, hated by Einstein, and gambled on by Hawking became loved /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bartusiak, Marcia, 1950- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2015]
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Table of Contents:
  • It is therefore possible that the largest luminous bodies in the universe may be invisible
  • Newton, forgive me
  • One would then find oneself . . . in a geometrical fairlyand
  • There should be a law of nature to prevent a star from behaving in this absurd way!
  • I'll show those bastards
  • Only its gravitational field persists
  • I could not have picked a more exciting time in which to become a physicist
  • It was the weirdest spectrum I'd ever seen
  • Why don't you call it a black hole?
  • Medieval torture rack
  • Whereas Stephen Hawking has such a large investment in general relativity and black holes and desires an insurance policy
  • Black holes ain't so black.