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Series
Hellenistic culture and society volume 42
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
"Black holes are the best-known and least-understood objects in the universe. In Einstein's Monsters, distinguished astronomer Chris Impey takes readers on a vivid tour of these enigmatic giants. He weaves a fascinating tale out of the fiendishly complex math of black holes and the colorful history of their discovery. Impey blends this history with a poignant account of the phenomena scientists have witnessed while observing black holes: stars swarming...
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Series
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
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This handbook provides an accessible reference on all practical aspects of using charge-coupled devices (CCDs). Starting with their electronic workings, it discusses their basic characteristics and then gives methods and examples of how to determine these values.
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 88
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Radio astronomy is an active and rapidly expanding field due to advances in computing techniques, with several important new instruments on the horizon. This text provides a thorough introduction to radio astronomy and its contribution to our understanding of the universe, bridging the gap between basic introductions and research-level treatments. It begins by covering the fundamentals physics of radio techniques, before moving on to single-dish...
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Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"[This book] follows a team of elite scientists on their historic mission to take the first picture of a black hole, putting Einstein's theory of relativity to its ultimate test and helping to answer our deepest questions about space, time, the origins of the universe, and the nature of reality. Photographing a black hole sounds impossible, a contradiction in terms. But Shep Doeleman and a global coalition of scientists are on the cusp of doing just...
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Black holes, predicted by Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity more than a century ago, have long intrigued scientists and the public with their bizarre and fantastical properties. Although Einstein understood that black holes were mathematical solutions to his equations, he never accepted their physical reality--a viewpoint many shared. This all changed in the 1960s and 1970s, when a deeper conceptual understanding of black holes developed...