Black Holes: The Weird Science of the Most Mysterious Objects in the Universe (Library Binding) (ISBN-13: 9781512415681)

In 2015 two powerful telescopes detected something physicists had been seeking for more than one hundred years--gravitational waves from the collision of two black holes. This announcement thrilled the scientific community. Since the eighteenth century, astronomers have predicted the existence of massive, invisible stars whose gravity would not let anything--even light--escape. In the twenty-first century, sophisticated technologies are bringing us closer to seeing black holes in action. Meet the scientists who first thought of black holes hundreds of years ago, and learn about contemporary astrophysicists whose work is radically shaping how we understand black holes, our universe, and how it originated.

Author: Sara Latta
ISBN-10: 1512415685
ISBN-13: 9781512415681
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2017
Pages: 120
Format: Library Binding
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.40w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2017
Booklist 09/15/2017 pg. 44
School Library Journal 11/01/2017
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2018 pg. 186 - Recommended, Satisfactory