Igor Novikov has been hailed as "Russia's answer to Stephen Hawking." In this popular account of the cosmic importance of black holes, he explores the properties and significance of these mysterious phenomena, which represent the most condensed state of matter in the Universe. Black holes are formed by the force of gravity, warping space and time, crushing stars and perhaps galaxies, too, until they fall in on themselves. Novikov's fascinating account illuminates this most enigmatic feature of our Universe with exemplary clarity, illustrated with a series of inspired cartoon drawings.
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'A delightful popular book that deserves a wider audience.' New Scientist
'As clear an account as you will find of the nature of curved space, the origin of the Universe, and its ultimate fate. All in all a compact package from one of the leading Russian cosmologists.' The Good Book Guide
'As clear an account as you will find of the nature of curved space, the origin of the Universe, and its ultimate fate. All in all a compact package from one of the leading Russian cosmologists.' The Good Book Guide
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A black hole is a creation of gravitation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
relict photons, relict neutrinos, gravitational abyss, gravitational vortex, relict radiation, expansion lag, gravitational radius, cosmic radiation background, microwave radiation background, gravitational radii, relativistic collapse, true luminosity, false vacuum, baryon charge, apparent horizon, rotating black hole, neutrino mass, very remote past, cosmological expansion, gravitational waves, intergalactic gas, solar masses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- The First Three Minutes: A Modern View Of The Origin Of The Universe by Steven Weinberg on page 125, and Back Matter
- Celestial Mechanics (5-Volume Set in English & French) by Pierre Simon Laplace on page 7, and page 8
- The Big Bang, Third Edition by Joseph Silk in Back Matter
- Spaces of Constant Curvature by Joseph A. Wolf in Back Matter
- The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes (Oxford Classic Texts in the Physical Sciences) by the late S. Chandrasekhar in Back Matter
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- Before The Beginning: Our Universe And Others (Helix Books) by Martin Rees in Back Matter
- The River of Time by Igor D. Novikov in Front Matter
- The Web and The Cloth: Science, Consciousness and Homeodynamics, What They Are and What They Do by Daniel W. Miller in Back Matter
- Crystal and Dragon: The Cosmic Dance of Symmetry and Chaos in Nature, Art and Consciousness by David Wade in Back Matter
- The River of Time (Canto) by Igor D. Novikov in Front Matter
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