Black Hole at the Center of our Galaxy

Zusatztext "The mind- and spacetime-bending subject of this timely book is bound to have a broad appeal, and Melia amplifies that appeal with a carefully crafted lyrical writing style and a striking collection of handsome color images. . . . Fortunately, Melia is an excellent wordsmith. His book is aimed at the lay public and is ideally suited as a supplemental reading for students in a general education course in physics or astronomy." ---Mark R. Morris, Physics Today Informationen zum Autor Fulvio Melia is Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Arizona and Scientific Editor of the Astrophysical Journal . A former Presidential Young Investigator and Sloan Research Fellow! he is the author of more than 170 articles on theoretical astrophysics and of a textbook! Electrodynamics. Klappentext With this superbly illustrated! elegantly written! nontechnical account of the most enigmatic astronomical object yet observed! Melia captures all the excitement of the growing realization that humans are on the verge of actually seeing this exotic black hole object within the next few years. 39 illustrations. Zusammenfassung Could Einstein have possibly anticipated directly testing the most captivating prediction of general relativity, that there exist isolated pockets of spacetime shielded completely from our own? This book presents evidence that just such an entity, with a mass of about three million suns, is indeed lurking at the center of our galaxy.

Product details

• Authors: Fulvio Melia, Melia Fulvio
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2003
• EAN: 9780691095059
• ISBN: 978-0-691-09505-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 243 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; popular science, NATURE / Sky Observation, Popular astronomy & space, Popular astronomy and space, Galaxies & stars, Galaxies and stars, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy