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Janna Levin Black Hole Survival Guide (Hardback)
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- Condition
- Book Title
- Black Hole Survival Guide
- Publication Name
- Black Hole Survival Guide
- Title
- Black Hole Survival Guide
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 052565822X
- EAN
- 9780525658221
- ISBN
- 9780525658221
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Genre
- Science
- Topic
- Space Science, Astronomy, Physics / General
- Release Year
- 2020
- Release Date
- 10/11/2020
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Item Length
- 6.6in
- Item Width
- 4.3in
- Item Weight
- 7.4 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Number of Pages
- 160 Pages
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From the acclaimed author of Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space-- an authoritative and accessible guide to the most alluring and challenging phenomena of contemporary science. "[Levin will] take you on a safe black hole trip, an exciting travel story enjoyed from your chair's event horizon." -- Boston Globe Through her writing, astrophysicist Janna Levin has focused on making the science she studies not just comprehensible but also, and perhaps more important, intriguing to the nonscientist. In this book, she helps us to understand and find delight in the black hole--perhaps the most opaque theoretical construct ever imagined by physicists--illustrated with original artwork by American painter and photographer Lia Halloran. Levin takes us on an evocative exploration of black holes, provoking us to imagine the visceral experience of a black hole encounter. She reveals the influence of black holes as they populate the universe, sculpt galaxies, and even infuse the whole expanse of reality that we inhabit. Lively, engaging, and utterly unique, Black Hole Survival Guide is not just informative -- it is, as well, a wonderful read from first to last.
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
052565822x
ISBN-13
9780525658221
eBay Product ID (ePID)
28038745841
Product Key Features
Book Title
Black Hole Survival Guide
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Space Science, Astronomy, Physics / General
Publication Year
2020
Genre
Science
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
6.6in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
4.3in
Item Weight
7.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Qb843.B55l48 2021
Reviews
"Vivid . . . Readers couldn't hope for a more fascinating intro to a family of cosmic objects whose existence promises still more wonders to be discovered."-- Publisher's Weekly "A short, lively account of one of the oddest and most intriguing topics in astrophysics." --Kirkus Reviews, "[Levin's] writing is clear and so colloquial that it sometimes seems as though she's right there chatting with you, telling a story in a conversation so compelling that you hardly notice the complexity of the actual physics . . . Not only is Levin a brilliant physicist, she's a gifted writer, sensitive to language and its nuances . . . [She is] an extravagant storyteller with a vivid imagination and an acute intellect who is willing to take you on a safe black hole trip, an exciting travel story enjoyed from your chair's event horizon."-- Boston Globe "Vivid . . . Readers couldn't hope for a more fascinating intro to a family of cosmic objects whose existence promises still more wonders to be discovered."-- Publishers Weekly "A short, lively account of one of the oddest and most intriguing topics in astrophysics." --Kirkus Reviews "In prose that revels in the immensity and dispassion of the barely known universe -- and bolstered by Lia Halloran's illustrations of strange celestial shapes and astronauts floating in inky voids -- Levin makes space sound like a somewhat reasonable place." --The Philadelphia Inquirer "Armchair astronomers will find this a fascinating and illuminating read." -- Booklist "Warm, smart prose inviting readers to share her fascination with these cosmic phenomena. Enhanced by wonderful artwork, Levin's book glides through the universe, from relativity and quantum mechanics to the solar system, the Milky Way, and the Andromeda galaxy. Stirring imagination and curiosity about the mysteries of black holes, Levin makes a case that they are a fodder for fantasy" --The National Book Review "Engrossing . . . Levin describes the subject matter in an accessible writing style that is both entertaining and poetic . . . Recommended for nonscientists and those seeking to understand the cosmos better. " --Library Journal "A comprehensible exploration of that which cannot be physically explored . . . a vibrant, illustrated text."-- Shelf Awareness "This slender volume will get the reader quickly up to speed when it comes to black holes, without equations or torrents of jargon." --The Space Review "Beguiling . . . Levin writes authoritatively and evocatively with a warm, poetic voice . . . The 23 paintings that Halloran made to be interspersed among its pages add to the imagination-stirring allure . . . There are lighter parts too, and the surreality at play in the mix of the writing and the art gives Black Hole Survival Guide an idiosyncratic spirit." -- Art News, "Vivid . . . Readers couldn't hope for a more fascinating intro to a family of cosmic objects whose existence promises still more wonders to be discovered."-- Publishers Weekly "A short, lively account of one of the oddest and most intriguing topics in astrophysics." --Kirkus Reviews "Armchair astronomers will find this a fascinating and illuminating read." -- Booklist "Warm, smart prose inviting readers to share her fascination with these cosmic phenomena. Enhanced by wonderful artwork, Levin's book glides through the universe, from relativity and quantum mechanics to the solar system, the Milky Way, and the Andromeda galaxy. Stirring imagination and curiosity about the mysteries of black holes, Levin makes a case that they are a fodder for fantasy" --The National Book Review "Engrossing . . . Levin describes the subject matter in an accessible writing style that is both entertaining and poetic . . . Recommended for nonscientists and those seeking to understand the cosmos better. " --Library Journal
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2020-015159
Dewey Decimal
523.8875
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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