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The edge of infinity: supermassive black holes in the universe

By Fulvio Melia

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2003
ISBN
9780521814058, 0521814057
Open Library ID
OL22546388M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
819 kB (838587 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
159\159
Topic
Physics
Library
Kolxo3
Time added
2009-12-04 00:34:26

Description

This timely book is suitable for the general reader wishing to find answers to some of the intriguing questions now being asked about black holes. Although once recognized as the most destructive force in nature, following a cascade of astonishing discoveries, the opinion of supermassive black holes has undergone a dramatic shift. Astronomers are discovering that these objects may have been critical to the formation of structure in the early universe, spawning bursts of star formation, planets, and even life itself. Fulvio Melia is Associate Head of Physics and Professor of Astronomy at the University of Arizona. He is author of Electrodynamics (University of Chicago, 2001), and a forthcoming title, The Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy (Princeton).

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