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Black holes : a traveler's guide

by Clifford A. Pickover

This work explores the scientific and theoretical nature of black holes using the framing of a guide for travellers. It examines the physics of space and time while investigating the complex structures of the universe.

Accession 30265 ISBN 0471125806 Publisher John Wiley & Sons
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