A Brief History of Black Holes by Becky Smethurst
Black holes are the universe's strangest and most fascinating objects. In A Brief History of Black Holes, Dr Becky explores the mysteries and realities of this misunderstood phenomenon and that nearly everything you know about them is wrong.
A jaunt through space history. . with charming wit and many pop culture references * BBC Sky At Night Magazine *
A lot of astrophysics is packed into this neat little book -- Jim Al-Khalili, quantum physicist and author of The World According to Physics, on Space: 10 Things You Should Know
Bite-sized, cutting edge science delivered with enormous enthusiasm -- Chris Lintott, astrophysicist and host of The Sky at Night, on Space: 10 Things You Should Know
A fantastic read . . . there's certainly a lot to suck you in (unlike black holes, of course) * Popular Mechanics *
A lot of astrophysics is packed into this neat little book -- Jim Al-Khalili, quantum physicist and author of The World According to Physics, on Space: 10 Things You Should Know
Bite-sized, cutting edge science delivered with enormous enthusiasm -- Chris Lintott, astrophysicist and host of The Sky at Night, on Space: 10 Things You Should Know
A fantastic read . . . there's certainly a lot to suck you in (unlike black holes, of course) * Popular Mechanics *
Dr Becky Smethurst is an award-winning astrophysicist and science communicator at the University of Oxford, specializing in how galaxies co-evolve with their supermassive black holes. In 2022 she was awarded the Royal Astronomical Society’s Research Fellowship. Her YouTube channel, ‘Dr Becky’, has over 400,000 subscribers who engage with her videos on weird objects in space, the history of science and monthly recaps of space news. A Brief History of Black Holes is her second book; her first, Space: 10 Things You Should Know was named one of BBC Sky at Night Magazine’s books of the year, and translated all around the world.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781529086744 |
| ISBN 10 | 1529086744 |
| Title | A Brief History of Black Holes |
| Author | Becky Smethurst |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2023-09-21 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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