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Einstein's ShadowSeth Fletcher

Einstein's Shadow

2018288 pages
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Traces the efforts of an elite scientific team who tested Einstein's theory of relativity during a historic mission to photograph a black hole, addressing key questions about time, space, and the nature of the universe. "[This book] follows a team of elite scientists on their historic mission to take the first picture of a black hole, putting Einstein's theory of relativity to its ultimate test and helping to answer our deepest questions about space, time, the origins of the universe, and the nature of reality. Photographing a black hole sounds impossible, a contradiction in terms. But Shep…

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Editions

3 editions
  • Hardcover · English · 2018
    Ecco · 288 pages · 9780062312020
  • Other · English · 2019
    HarperCollins Publishers · 288 pages · 9780062312044
  • Other · English · 2018
    HarperCollins Publishers · 9780062312037
Black holes (astronomy)Space telescopesSCIENCEAstronomyCosmologyScientific Instruments