The Collapsing Universe: The Story of the Black Holes
By Isaac Asimov.
Description
In a time of spectacular developments in the new astronomy, the concept of black holes captures top honors. As scientific evidence for them mounts, black holes loom as an ominous development in the life, measured in billions of years, of the universe. A black hole is a dense concentration of matter, so dense that its enormous gravitational forces suck in everything, including light waves, within its reach. Isaac Asimov explores the implications of black holes, with lucid excursions into related questions: Was the mysterious 30-megaton blast that flattened a Siberian foresxt in 1908 actual...
ISBN(s)
0802704867
