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The Edge of Infinity: Supermassive Black Holes in the Universe

By Fulvio Melia

Book information

Year
2003
ISBN
0521814057, 9780521814058, 9780511338304
Open Library ID
OL22546388M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
858 kB (878851 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
158\160
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

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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