{"product_id":"9781529086706","title":"A Brief History of Black Holes : And why nearly everything you know about them is wrong","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Smethurst, Dr Becky \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eMathematics \u0026amp; science\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 1 September 2022 by PAN MACMILLAN (Macmillan) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e162 x 241 x 30 | 486g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn A Brief History of Black Holes, the award-winning University of Oxford researcher Dr Becky Smethurst charts five hundred years of scientific breakthroughs in astronomy and astrophysics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A jaunt through space history . . . with charming wit and many pop-culture references'  BBC Sky At Night MagazineRight now, you are orbiting a black hole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Earth orbits the Sun, and the Sun orbits the centre of the Milky Way: a supermassive black hole, the strangest and most misunderstood phenomenon in the galaxy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this cosmic tale of discovery, Dr Becky will take you from the earliest observations of the universe and the collapse of massive stars, to the iconic first photographs of a black hole and her own published findings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe explains why black holes arent really black, that you never ever want to be spaghettified, how black holes are more like sofa cushions than hoovers and why, beyond the event horizon, the future is a direction in space rather than in time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with humour and wisdom, this captivating book describes the secrets behind the most profound questions about our universe  all hidden inside black holes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43558661193968,"sku":"9781529086706","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781529086706.jpg?v=1713536227","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.pro\/products\/9781529086706","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}