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Prisons of light-- : black holes / Kitty Ferguson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c1996.Description: 214 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0521625718 (pbk.)
  • 9780521625715 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 523.8875 22
LOC classification:
  • QB 843 F352p 1996
Contents:
Prologue -- A cosmic case of burnout -- Matters of gravity: Newton and Einstein -- The capture of light -- Tripping the theoretical fantastic -- Crossing the bar -- Contemplating an enormous nothing -- Evidence in the case -- Hearts of darkness -- The search goes on -- Passages into the labyrinth -- Black hole legends and far out ideas -- Epilogue.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) QB 843 F352p 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000064708

"Transferred to digital printing in 2000"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-205) and index.

Prologue -- A cosmic case of burnout -- Matters of gravity: Newton and Einstein -- The capture of light -- Tripping the theoretical fantastic -- Crossing the bar -- Contemplating an enormous nothing -- Evidence in the case -- Hearts of darkness -- The search goes on -- Passages into the labyrinth -- Black hole legends and far out ideas -- Epilogue.

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