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Author : Scientific American
Publisher : W. H. Freeman
ISBN 13 : 9781429210454
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Black Holes Scientific American Reader Special Edition written by Scientific American and published by W. H. Freeman. This book was released on 2007-05-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roger A. Freedman
Publisher : W H Freeman & Company
ISBN 13 : 9781429210478
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Universe + Black Holes Scientific American Reader written by Roger A. Freedman and published by W H Freeman & Company. This book was released on 2008-03-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (191 download)
Download or read book Reality-bending Black Holes written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Scientific American
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780716751519
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (515 download)
Download or read book Scientific American Reader to Accompany Hockenbury/Hockenbury written by Scientific American and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2000-06-30 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawn from Scientific American and handpicked by the Hockenburys, this reader is a collection of 9 articles that pertain to topics covered in the textbook. A brief preface and series of discussion questions, written by Don and Sandra Hockenbury, accompany each article.
Author : Leonard Susskind
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9789812561312
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (613 download)
Download or read book An Introduction to Black Holes, Information and the String Theory Revolution written by Leonard Susskind and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2005 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - A unique exposition of the foundations of the quantum theory of black holes including the impact of string theory, the idea of black hole complementarily and the holographic principle bull; Aims to educate the physicist or student of physics who is not an expert on string theory, on the revolution that has grown out of black hole physics and string theory
Author : Steven S. Gubser
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400888298
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book The Little Book of Black Holes written by Steven S. Gubser and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive into a mind-bending exploration of the physics of black holes Black holes, predicted by Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity more than a century ago, have long intrigued scientists and the public with their bizarre and fantastical properties. Although Einstein understood that black holes were mathematical solutions to his equations, he never accepted their physical reality—a viewpoint many shared. This all changed in the 1960s and 1970s, when a deeper conceptual understanding of black holes developed just as new observations revealed the existence of quasars and X-ray binary star systems, whose mysterious properties could be explained by the presence of black holes. Black holes have since been the subject of intense research—and the physics governing how they behave and affect their surroundings is stranger and more mind-bending than any fiction. After introducing the basics of the special and general theories of relativity, this book describes black holes both as astrophysical objects and theoretical “laboratories” in which physicists can test their understanding of gravitational, quantum, and thermal physics. From Schwarzschild black holes to rotating and colliding black holes, and from gravitational radiation to Hawking radiation and information loss, Steven Gubser and Frans Pretorius use creative thought experiments and analogies to explain their subject accessibly. They also describe the decades-long quest to observe the universe in gravitational waves, which recently resulted in the LIGO observatories’ detection of the distinctive gravitational wave “chirp” of two colliding black holes—the first direct observation of black holes’ existence. The Little Book of Black Holes takes readers deep into the mysterious heart of the subject, offering rare clarity of insight into the physics that makes black holes simple yet destructive manifestations of geometric destiny.
Author : Seth Fletcher
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062312030
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)
Download or read book Einstein's Shadow written by Seth Fletcher and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Einstein’s Shadow follows a team of elite scientists on their historic mission to take the first picture of a black hole, putting Einstein’s theory of relativity to its ultimate test and helping to answer our deepest questions about space, time, the origins of the universe, and the nature of reality Photographing a black hole sounds impossible, a contradiction in terms. But Shep Doeleman and a global coalition of scientists are on the cusp of doing just that. With exclusive access to the team, journalist Seth Fletcher spent five years following Shep and an extraordinary cast of characters as they assembled the Event Horizon Telescope, a worldwide network of radio telescopes created to study black holes. He witnessed the team’s struggles, setbacks, and breakthroughs, and, along the way, Fletcher explored the latest thinking on the most profound questions about black holes: Do they represent a limit to our ability to understand reality? Or will they reveal the clues that lead to the long-sought theory of everything? Fletcher transforms astrophysics into something exciting, accessible, and immediate, taking us on an incredible adventure to better understand the complexity of our galaxy, the boundaries of human perception and knowledge, and how the messy endeavor of science really works. Weaving a compelling narrative account of human ingenuity with excursions into cutting-edge science, Einstein’s Shadow is a tale of great minds on a mission to change the way we understand our universe—and our place in it.
Author : Steven S. Gubser
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691163723
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)
Download or read book The Little Book of Black Holes written by Steven S. Gubser and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive into a mind-bending exploration of the physics of black holes Black holes, predicted by Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity more than a century ago, have long intrigued scientists and the public with their bizarre and fantastical properties. Although Einstein understood that black holes were mathematical solutions to his equations, he never accepted their physical reality—a viewpoint many shared. This all changed in the 1960s and 1970s, when a deeper conceptual understanding of black holes developed just as new observations revealed the existence of quasars and X-ray binary star systems, whose mysterious properties could be explained by the presence of black holes. Black holes have since been the subject of intense research—and the physics governing how they behave and affect their surroundings is stranger and more mind-bending than any fiction. After introducing the basics of the special and general theories of relativity, this book describes black holes both as astrophysical objects and theoretical “laboratories” in which physicists can test their understanding of gravitational, quantum, and thermal physics. From Schwarzschild black holes to rotating and colliding black holes, and from gravitational radiation to Hawking radiation and information loss, Steven Gubser and Frans Pretorius use creative thought experiments and analogies to explain their subject accessibly. They also describe the decades-long quest to observe the universe in gravitational waves, which recently resulted in the LIGO observatories’ detection of the distinctive gravitational wave “chirp” of two colliding black holes—the first direct observation of black holes’ existence. The Little Book of Black Holes takes readers deep into the mysterious heart of the subject, offering rare clarity of insight into the physics that makes black holes simple yet destructive manifestations of geometric destiny.
Author : Scientific American Editors
Publisher : Scientific American
ISBN 13 : 1466824182
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book A Question of Time written by Scientific American Editors and published by Scientific American. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Question of Time: The Ultimate Paradox by the Editors of Scientific American "What time is it?" That simple question is probably asked more often in contemporary society than ever before. In our clock-studded world, the answer is never more than a glance away, and so we can blissfully partition our days into ever smaller increments for ever more tightly scheduled tasks. Modern scientific revelations about time, however, make the question endlessly frustrating. If we seek a precise knowledge of the time, the infinitesimal flash of now dissolves into a scattering flock of nanoseconds. Because we are bound by the speed of light and the velocity of nerve impulses, our perception of the "present" reflects the world as it occurred an instant ago – for all that human consciousness pretends otherwise, we can never catch up. Even in principle, perfect synchronicity escapes us. Relativity dictates that, like a strange syrup, time flows slower on moving trains than in the stations and faster in the mountains than in the valleys. The time for our wristwatch is not exactly the same as the time for our head. This eBook, A Question of Time, summarizes what science has discovered about how time permeates and guides both our physical world and our inner selves. That knowledge should enrich the imagination and provide practical advantages to anyone hoping to beat the clock, or at least to stay in step with it. Synchronize your watches...
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Total Pages : 416 pages
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Download or read book Scientific American written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marcia Zappa
Publisher : ABDO Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1617841226
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (178 download)
Download or read book Black Holes written by Marcia Zappa and published by ABDO Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expand your young reader's universe! Simple, straightforward text paired with vibrant photos and colorful diagrams breaks down scientific concepts of black holes, such as gravity, light, and energy. Readers will learn about the formation and different sizes of black holes. Also discussed are the discovery of black holes and how scientists study them with telescopes and other tools. Features include a table of contents, fun facts, a glossary with phonetics, and an index. Buddy Books is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Group.
Author : Stephen Hawking
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0399179003
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (991 download)
Download or read book Black Holes written by Stephen Hawking and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legendary physicist explores his favorite subject in a pair of enlightening, accessible, and cleverly illustrated essays for curious readers, originally delivered as BBC lectures. “It is said that fact is sometimes stranger than fiction, and nowhere is that more true than in the case of black holes. Black holes are stranger than anything dreamed up by science-fiction writers, but they are firmly matters of science fact.” For decades, Stephen Hawking has been fascinated by black holes. He believes that if we understood the challenges they pose to the very nature of space and time, we could unlock the secrets of the universe. In these conversational pieces, Hawking’s sense of wonder is infectious as he holds forth on what we know about black holes, what we still don’t know, and theoretical answers to more specific questions, such as: What would happen if you ever got sucked into one? Annotated and with an introduction by BBC News science editor David Shukman, featuring whimsical and illuminating illustrations, Black Holes offers a candid peek into one of the great scientific mysteries of all time. Praise for Stephen Hawking “[Hawking] can explain the complexities of cosmological physics with an engaging combination of clarity and wit. . . . His is a brain of extraordinary power.”—The New York Review of Books “Hawking clearly possesses a natural teacher’s gifts—easy, good-natured humor and an ability to illustrate highly complex propositions with analogies plucked from daily life.”—The New York Times “A high priest of physics, one of a handful of theorists who may be on the verge of reading God’s mind.”—Los Angeles Times
Author : Scientific American Editors
Publisher : Scientific American
ISBN 13 : 1466859040
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book Ultimate Physics written by Scientific American Editors and published by Scientific American. This book was released on 2016-07-11 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fundamental outlines of the physical world, from its tiniest particles to massive galaxy clusters, have been apparent for decades. Does this mean physicists are about to tie it all up into a neat package? Not at all. Just when you think you’re figuring it out, the universe begins to look its strangest. This eBook, “Ultimate Physics: From Quarks to the Cosmos,” illustrates clearly how answers often lead to more questions and open up new paths to insight. We open with “The Higgs at Last,” which looks behind the scenes of one of the most anticipated discoveries in physics and examines how this “Higgs-like” particle both confirmed and confounded expectations. In “The Inner Life of Quarks,” author Don Lincoln discusses evidence that quarks and leptons may not be the smallest building blocks of matter. Section Two switches from the smallest to the largest of scales, and in “Origin of the Universe,” Michael Turner analyzes a number of speculative scenarios about how it all began. Another two articles examine the mystery of dark energy and some doubts as to whether it exists at all. In the last section, we look at one of the most compelling problems in physics: how to tie together the very small and the very large – quantum mechanics and general relativity. In one article, Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow argue that a so-called “theory of everything” may be out of reach, and in another, David Deutsch and Artur Ekert question the view that quantum mechanics imposes limits on knowledge, arguing instead that the theory has an intricacy that allows for new, practical technologies, including powerful computers that can reach their true potential.
Author : Sara Latta
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN 13 : 1512415685
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (124 download)
Download or read book Black Holes written by Sara Latta and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2017-08 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the cutting-edge science of black hole research and discover fascinating interviews with respected scientists in the field.
Author : Edwin F. Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780321512864
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (128 download)
Download or read book Exploring Black Holes written by Edwin F. Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Roland
Publisher : Lerner Publications ™
ISBN 13 : 1512438030
Total Pages : 51 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (124 download)
Download or read book Black Holes written by James Roland and published by Lerner Publications ™. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black holes are one of the greatest mysteries of outer space. No visible light can escape the strong gravity of a black hole. This makes black holes invisible—and very difficult to study. But scientists make new discoveries and develop new theories about these mysterious objects every day. In 2015, astronomers were able to finally confirm a theory that Einstein had developed one hundred years earlier! And in 2016, scientists found that black holes may form in a different way than they ever thought possible. Read this book to learn more about the incredible and mind-boggling science of black holes.
Author : Mitchell Begelman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521717939
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (179 download)
Download or read book Gravity's Fatal Attraction written by Mitchell Begelman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-12-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richly illustrated with the images from observatories on the ground and in space, and computer simulations, this book shows how black holes were discovered, and discusses our current understanding of their role in cosmic evolution. This second edition covers new discoveries made in the past decade, including definitive proof of a black hole at the center of the Milky Way, evidence that the expansion of the Universe is accelerating, and the new appreciation of the connection between black holes and galaxy formation. There are entirely new chapters on gamma-ray bursts and cosmic feedback. Begelman and Rees blend theoretical arguments with observational results to demonstrate how both approaches contributed to this subject. Clear illustrations and photographs reveal the strange and amazing workings of our universe. The engaging style makes this book suitable for introductory undergraduate courses, amateur astronomers, and all readers interested in astronomy and physics.
