Empire Of The Stars
Friendship, Obsession and Betrayal in the Quest for Black Holes
In August 1930, on a boat trip from Bombay to England, the young Indian scientist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar calculated that certain stars could end their lives by collapsing indefinitely to a point - to nowhere. This idea brought Chandra into conflict with Sir Arthur Eddington, the grand old man of British astrophysics, who publicly ridiculed the idea.EMPIRE OF THE STARS teases out the major implications of this infamous event, setting it against the backdrop of the turbulent growth of astrophysics, and provides a unique window on our unfolding view of the cosmos. In its clash of personalities, epochs and cultures, the story reveals the deep…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-7481-3020-7
- EAN: 9780748130207
- Produktnummer: 22594658
- Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 416 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'231 KB
- Abbildungen: Section: 16, b/w photos
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Arthur I. Miller
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