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
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
- Year
- 2005
- ISBN-13
- 9780618341511
- Genre
- Science & Technology
- Topics
- Black holesHistory of astrophysicsScientific rivalry
Awards
- Royal Society Science Book PrizeShortlisted(2006)
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