Why Aren't Black Holes Black?
Editorial Reviews
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In Why Aren't Black Holes Black Robert Hazen poses a dozen of the most fundamental questions facing scientists today, then uses them as a springboard to review what is and isn't understood about these topics. As the title suggests, the first few questions deal with cosmology, but its scope ultimately proves far broader. The book covers everything from how atoms combine to the biological origins of memory to the possibilities for futuristic energy sources such as fusion. There's a particularly fascinating section on the composition of the earth's core, and throughout the book, Hazen manages to weave in not just scientific facts but also a sense of the history and personalities behind them.
The New York Times Book Review, Michael Redhead
It is therefore very refreshing to read Why Aren't Black Holes Black? by Robert M. Hazen and Maxine Singer, which looks at the questions science has so far failed to answer--a timely counterweight to the many books that stress the successes of science. Hazen is an earth scientist and his co-author a biochemist, so they are well placed by their intellectual background to survey the whole range of the sciences, not just concentrating on particle physics, cosmology or evolutionary biology, the subjects of so many recent popular books on science.
Why Aren't Black Holes Black?
Why Aren't Black Holes Black?,Robert M. Hazen,Maxine Singer,Anchor,0385480148,Astronomy - General,General,Miscellanea,Science,Science (General),Science/Mathematics,Science / Astronomy
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