Bibliograph

Light in the darkness, black holes, the universe, and us, Heino Falcke, with JÃ¶rg RÃ¶mer ; translated from German by Marshall Yarbrough

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Light in the darkness, black holes, the universe, and us, Heino Falcke, with JÃ¶rg RÃ¶mer ; translated from German by Marshall Yarbrough

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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illustrationsplates

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Light in the darkness

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bibliography

Responsibility statement

Heino Falcke, with JÃ¶rg RÃ¶mer ; translated from German by Marshall Yarbrough

Sub title

black holes, the universe, and us

Summary

A fascinating and thought-provoking investigation into the nature of black holes-a blend of the spiritual, the philosophical, and the scientific-from the premier German astrophysicist who made history in 2019, capturing the first one on film. 10th April 2019: a global sensation. Heino Falcke, a man "working at the boundaries of his discipline and therefore at the limits of the universe" had used a network of telescopes spanning the entire planet to take the first picture of a black hole. Light in the Darkness examines how mankind has always looked to the skies, mapping the journey from millennia ago when we turned our gaze to the heavens, to modern astrophysics. Heino Falcke and Jorg Romer entertainingly and compellingly chart the breakthrough research of Falcke's team, an unprecedented global community of international colleagues developing a telescope complex enough to look directly into a black hole - a hole where light vanishes, and time stops. What does this development mean? Is this the beginning of a new physics? What can we learn from this about God, the world, and ourselves? For Falcke, astrophysics and metaphysics, science and faith, do not exclude one another. Black Hole is both a plea for curiosity and humility; it's interested in both what we know, and the mysteries that remain unsolved

Table Of Contents

Humankind, the Earth, and the moon -- The solar system and our changing model of the universe -- Einstein's happiest thought -- The Milky Way and its stars -- Dead stars and black holes -- Galaxies, quasars, and the big bang -- The galactic center -- The idea behind the image -- Building a global telescope -- Striking out on expedition -- The first image -- Beyond the powers of our imagination -- Beyond Einstein? -- Omniscience and limitations

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