Black Holes, 9780008350758
Hardcover
Unraveling black hole secrets: space, time, and the quantum universe.

Black Holes

the key to understanding the universe

$67.82

  • Hardcover

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    6 October 2022

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Summary

Unveiling the Abyss: A Journey into the Heart of Black Holes

At the heart of our galaxy lies a monster so deadly, not even light can escape its grasp. Its secrets lie waiting to be discovered. It’s time to explore our universe’s most mysterious inhabitants: Black Holes.

At the heart of the Milky Way lies a supermassive black hole 4 million times more massive than our Sun. A place where space and time are so warped that light is trapped if it ventures within 12 millio…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780008350758
ISBN-10:0008350752
Author:Professor Brian Cox, Professor Jeff Forshaw
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:William Collins
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:6 October 2022
Weight:550g
Dimensions:240mm x 159mm x 28mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

‘An AMAZING thing to read. So SATISFYING, I REALLY RECOMMEND reading this book…FASCINATING’ Jeremy Vine

‘FASCINATING… a MIND BOGGLING new book’ Afternoon Edition with Nihal Arthanayake, BBC Radio

‘There are few better than Cox at turning tricksy, potentially dense subjects into captivating “edutainment” for the masses – be it in BBC documentaries, live shows or books. Not for nothing did Sir David Attenborough once proclaim: “If I had a torch I would hand it to Brian Cox.”’ Guy Kelly, Daily Telegraph

‘A spellbinding cosmic exploration that resists collapsing under the weight of jargon.’ Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Professors Brian Cox & Jeff Forshaw

‘They have blazed a clear trail into forbidding territory, from the mathematical structure of space-time all the way to atom bombs, astrophysics and the origin of mass.’ New Scientist

‘Inspirational’ Buzz Aldrin

‘A scientific match made in heaven’ Observer

‘Cox and Forshaw stand together at the cutting edge of their discipline … Despite their elevated status, both men remain tiggerishly excitable about their subject’ Financial Times

‘Mindblowing’ Sunday Times

‘I can think of no one, Stephen Hawking included, who more perfectly combines authority, knowledge, passion, clarity, and powers of elucidation than Brian Cox.’ Stephen Fry, 2009

‘Admirably shies away from dumbing down’ Economist

‘They do a great job of bringing a difficult subject to life’ The Times

‘If you’re not a physicist (or not yet a physicist) and you want to understand what Einstein and relativity theory are all about, you would do well to read this book. The writing is clear, sparkling in places, and totally without vanity … [A] delightful little book’ Huffington Post

‘Readers will enjoy this engaging, ambitious and creative tour of our quantum universe’ Guardian

About The Author

Professor Brian Cox

Professor Brian Cox CBE FRS is Professor of Particle Physics at the University of Manchester and the Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science. He has worked on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, the HERA accelerator at DESY and the Tevatron accelerator at Fermilab. Cox has written and presented numerous TV series for the BBC, including the Wonders Trilogy, Forces of Nature, The Planets and The Universe. He is also the co-presenter of The Infinite Monkey Cage.

Professor Jeff Forshaw is a theoretical physicist and Professor of Particle Physics at the University of Manchester. Together with Professor Cox, he has written three bestselling science titles: Why Does E=mc²?, The Quantum Universe and Universal. He was awarded the 1999 James Clerk Maxwell Medal by the UK’s Institute of Physics to recognise outstanding early career contributions to theoretical physics and the 2013 Kelvin Medal for outstanding and sustained contributions to public engagement.

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