Empire of the Stars: Friendship, Obsession and Betrayal in the Quest for Black Holes
Arthur I. Miller
Empire of the Stars: Friendship, Obsession and Betrayal in the Quest for Black Holes
Arthur I. Miller
#2947 of 3,809 books · #341 in Science & Technology
Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize (2006).
A history of the idea of "black holes" explores the tumultuous debate over the existence of this now well-accepted phenomenon, focusing particular attention on Indian scientist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
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- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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- 9780618341511
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- Royal Society Science Book PrizeShortlisted(2006)
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