Black holes : the key to understanding the Universe
Cox, Brian, 1968-2022
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Black holes lie where the most massive stars used to shine and at the edge of our current understanding. They are naturally occurring objects, the inevitable creations of gravity when too much matter collapses into not enough space. And yet, although the laws of nature predict them, they fail fully to describe them. Black holes are places in space and time where the laws of gravity, quantum physics and thermodynamics collide. Originally thought to be so intellectually troubling that they simply could not exist, it is only in the past few years that we have begun to glimpse a new synthesis; a deep connection between gravity and quantum information theory that describes a holographic universe in which space and time emerge from a network of quantum bits, and wormholes span the void. Professor Brian Cox and Professor Jeff Forshaw take you to the edge of our understanding of black holes.
Main title:
Black holes : the key to understanding the Universe / Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw.
Author:
Cox, Brian, 1968-, authorForshaw, J. R. (Jeffrey Robert), 1968-, author
Imprint:
London : William Collins, 2022.
Collation:
280 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780008350758 (hbk)
Dewey class:
523.8875523.8875 COX523.887
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3262488