Supermassive
Black Holes at the Beginning and End of the Universe
Published on 4. March 2025
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-58834-789-3 (ISBN)
Description
"Black holes, demystified: follow along the quest to understand the history and influence of one of space science's most fascinating and confounding phenomena"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 158 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
478 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-58834-789-3 (9781588347893)
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03/2025
Smithsonian Books
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Persons
JAMES TREFIL is a professor of physics at George Mason University. He has written more than 50 books about science for the general audience and has served as Contributing Editor for Science for USA TODAY Weekend and as a regular contributor and science consultant for Smithsonian and Astronomy magazines. SHOBITA SATYAPAL is Professor of Physics and Astronomy at George Mason University. She received the NASA Presidential Early Career Award for her work on infrared spectroscopy and instrumentation. Her research centers on understanding the connection between the growth and evolution of supermassive black holes and the host galaxies in which they reside.