e-branch
Login
My List - 0
Help
Home
My Account/Renew Loans
Community Info
KidSearch
New Catalogue!
Search
Advanced
By Format
By Number
My Searches
Can't Find it?
Find Magazine Articles & more
Problems?
Search:
Call Number
Item Barcode
Bib Number
ISBN/ISSN
Refine Search
> You're searching:
Halifax Public Libraries
Item Information
Copy / Holding Information
Table of Contents
More Content
More by this author
Smethurst, Becky, 1990-
Subjects
Black holes (Astronomy)
Discoveries in science.
Browse Catalog
by author:
Smethurst, Becky, 1990-
by title:
A brief history of b...
by call number:
523.8875 S638b
Search the Web
Smethurst, Becky, 1990-
Black holes (Astronomy)
Discoveries in science.
MARC Display
A brief history of black holes : and why nearly everything you know about them is wrong / Dr Becky Smethurst.
by
Smethurst, Becky, 1990-
Macmillan, 2022.
Call #:
523
.8875
S638b
Subjects
Black holes (Astronomy)
Discoveries in science.
ISBN:
9781529086706 (hc)
9781529086713 (pbk)
Description:
279 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (page 268) and index.
Summary:
"Right now, you are orbiting a black hole. The Earth goes around the Sun, and the Sun goes around the centre of the Milky Way, a supermassive black hole -- the strangest and most misunderstood phenomenon in the galaxy. In A Brief History of Black Holes, University of Oxford astrophysicist Dr Becky Smethurst charts the scientific breakthroughs that have uncovered the weird and wonderful world of black holes, from the collapse of massive stars to the iconic first photographs of a black hole in 2019. In this cosmic tale of discovery, you'll learn: why black holes aren't really 'black'; that you never ever want to be 'spaghettified'; how black holes are more like sofa cushions than hoovers; and why, beyond the event horizon, the future is a direction in space rather than time. Full of wit and learning, this captivating book explains why black holes contain secrets to the most profound questions about our universe"--Publisher.
Holds:
2
Copy/Holding information
Location
Collection
Call No.
Item type
Status
Due Date
Central Library
Adult Nonfiction
523.8875 S638b
Core Collection - Adult
Checked out
Jul 02, 2024
Add Copy to MyList
Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M
© 2001-2013
SirsiDynix
All rights reserved.