black holes (astronomy)

Through an engaging, easily accessible approach, the origins, dynamics, and ultimate fate of black holes are thoroughly unraveled.

Introduces some of the major ideas in cosmology, bringing quarks, preons, hypothetical subparticles, pulsars, galaxies, the Big Bang theory, dark energy, and gravitational waves into detailed focus through accessible language and vivid full-color art work.

"Travel back in time to the Big Bang, and learn about the formation of the universe. Explore the baffling world of black holes, and find out how scientists are searching for alien life. Discover the strangest sights of the universe, from quirky quasars to clouds that smell like raspberries"--Provided by publisher.

Introduces beginning readers to gravity.

An illustrated biography of British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.

Provides information about black holes, explaining how stars become black holes, looking at the types of black holds, and discussing what is inside a black hole and how scientists study them.

Eating too much pie causes Llama to rip his dancing pants, opening a black hole and threatening the entire universe.

"Black holes are a constant source of fascination to many due to their mysterious nature. This very short introduction addresses a variety of questions, including what a black hole actually is, how they are characterized and discovered,and what would happen if you came too close to one"--Provided by publisher.

Provides an in-depth look at the development of Copernicuss theory, the effect it had on the lives of scientists willing to defend it at great personal cost, and heliocentrisms role in the latest astronomical research.

"In 2015 two powerful telescopes detected something physicists had been seeking for more than one hundred years-gravitational waves from the collision of two black holes. This announcement thrilled the scientific community. Since the eighteenth century, astronomers have predicted the existence of massive, invisible stars whose gravity would not let anything-even light-escape. In the twenty-first century, sophisticated technologies are bringing us closer to seeing black holes in action. Meet the scientists who first thought of black holes hundreds of years ago, and learn about contemporary astrophysicists whose work is radically shaping how we understand black holes, our universe, and how it originated."--Amazon.