Black Holes: The Key To Understanding The Universe

Author: Professor Brian Cox, Professor Jeff Forshaw

ISBN: 978-0008390648

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Book Overview

About This BookA Brief History of Time for the 21st CenturyAt the heart of our galaxy lies a monster so deadly, not even light can escape its grasp. Its secrets lie waiting to be discovered. It’s time to explore our universe’s most mysterious inhabitantsBlack HolesAt the heart of the Milky Way lies a supermassive black hole 4 million times more massive than our Sun. A place where space and time are so warped that light is trapped if it ventures within 12 million km. According to Einstein, inside lies the end of time. According to 21st-century physics, the reality may be far more bizarre.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.In this groundbreaking book, Professor Brian Cox and Professor Jeff Forshaw take you to the edge of our understanding of black holes; a scientific journey to the research frontier spanning a century of physics, from Einstein to Hawking and beyond, that ends with the startling conclusion that our world may operate like a giant quantum computer. Read moreBook DetailsAuthor: Professor Brian CoxPublisher: ‎ William Collins (12 October 2023); HarperCollins Publishers; enquiries@harpercollins.ieFormat: Paperback – 12 October 2023Language: ‎ EnglishPages: 288ISBN: ‎ 978-0008390648Dimensions: ‎ 12.9 x 2.8 x 19.8 cmWeight: ‎ 280 g

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About the Author

Professor Brian Cox, OBE is a particle physicist, a Royal Society research fellow, and a professor at the University of Manchester as well as researcher on one of the most ambitious experiments on Earth, the ATLAS experiment on the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. He is best known to the public as a science broadcaster and presenter of the highly popular BBC2 series Wonders of the Solar System. He was also the keyboard player in the UK pop band D:Ream in the 1990s.

Why Readers Pick This Edition

• You’ll love how this book turns one of the universe’s most terrifying mysteries into an exciting, mind‑expanding journey. Written for curious readers, it blends cutting‑edge 21st‑century physics with clear explanations that make complex ideas feel accessible and thrilling. If you’ve ever wondered what really happens inside a black hole—or what it means for time, space, and reality itself—this book feeds your curiosity while leaving you in awe of the cosmos.
• Published by William Collins.
• Language: English.
• Page count: 288.

Catalog Description

About This BookA Brief History of Time for the 21st CenturyAt the heart of our galaxy lies a monster so deadly, not even light can escape its grasp. Its secrets lie waiting to be discovered. It’s time to explore our universe’s most mysterious inhabitantsBlack HolesAt the heart of the Milky Way lies a supermassive black hole 4 million times more massive than our Sun. A place where space and time are so warped that light is trapped if it ventures within 12 million km. According to Einstein, inside lies the end of time. According to 21st-century physics, the reality may be far more bizarre.Black holes lie where the most massive stars used to shine and at the edge of our current understanding....

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