Black Hole Survival Guide

From the acclaimed author of Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space--an authoritative and accessible...
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SKU: 9781984899798
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Author: Janna Levin
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Black Hole Survival Guide by Levin, Janna

Black Hole Survival Guide

Dhs. 90.85

Black Hole Survival Guide

Dhs. 90.85
Author: Janna Levin
Format: Paperback
Language: English
From the acclaimed author of Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space--an authoritative and accessible guide to the most alluring and challenging phenomena of contemporary science.

"[Levin will] take you on a safe black hole trip, an exciting travel story enjoyed from your chair's event horizon." --Boston Globe

Through her writing, astrophysicist Janna Levin has focused on making the science she studies not just comprehensible but also, and perhaps more important, intriguing to the nonscientist. In this book, she helps us to understand and find delight in the black hole--perhaps the most opaque theoretical construct ever imagined by physicists--illustrated with original artwork by American painter and photographer Lia Halloran. Levin takes us on an evocative exploration of black holes, provoking us to imagine the visceral experience of a black hole encounter. She reveals the influence of black holes as they populate the universe, sculpt galaxies, and even infuse the whole expanse of reality that we inhabit. Lively, engaging, and utterly unique, Black Hole Survival Guide is not just informative--it is, as well, a wonderful read from first to last.

Author: Janna Levin
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 03/15/2022
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 6.20h x 4.10w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781984899798

About the Author
JANNA LEVIN is a professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia University. She is also director of sciences at Pioneer Works, a center for arts and sciences in Brooklyn. Her previous books include Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space, How the Universe Got Its Spots, and a novel, A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines, which won the PEN/Bingham W. Prize. She was recently named a Guggenheim Fellow. She lives in New York City.

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