Facing Infinity

Black Holes and Our Place on Earth

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Beschreibung

<p><b>'Combines science with journalism to weave a captivating account of the most extraordinary objects in the universe: black holes. A superior account.' Marcus Chown</b><br><b>'<i>Facing Infinity </i>is an especially attractive introduction to a wonderfully attractive subject.' Frank Wilczek</b><br><br><b>Black holes aren't just cosmic mysteries - they're surprisingly essential to life on Earth.</b><br><br>From GPS navigation to understanding climate change, these enigmatic objects shape our daily existence in ways you'd never imagine. They helped create the atoms in your body, mixed the chemical ingredients for life throughout the universe, and now help us measure our planet's changing surface with millimetre precision.<br><br>In <i>Facing Infinity</i>, astrophysicist Jonas Enander takes us on an extraordinary journey from eighteenth-century Britain to cutting-edge observatories around the world, revealing how the universe's darkest phenomena illuminate both our origins and future.</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781805464693

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

196 x 128 x 26 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Atlantic Books