The edge of infinity : supermassive black holes in the universe /
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| Author / Creator: | Melia, Fulvio. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 148 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11157140 |
| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 148 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-141) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511338304 0511338309 0511337205 9780511337208 9780521814058 0521814057 9780511536366 0511536364 1281112887 9781281112880 1107159059 9781107159051 9786611112882 661111288X 1139130412 9781139130417 0511337744 9780511337741 0511336551 9780511336553 |