Gravity's Engines : : how Bubble-Blowing Black Holes Rule Galaxies, Stars, and Life in the Cosmos
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"Offering a sweeping tour of fantastic physics and cosmic history, Gravity's Engines provides a view of the most fearsome places in the universe, and finally asks what it will take to see the event horizon of a black hole"-- Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: ix, 252 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780374114121
0374114129
SUBJECTS
Black holes (Astronomy)
Gravity.
Cosmology.