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Gravity's Engines
How Bubble-Blowing Black Holes Rule Galaxies, Stars, and Life in the Cosmos
By Scharf, Caleb
- ISBN
- 9780374114121
- Publisher
- Scientific American: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2012 | Science and Technology
The subtitle of this most readable book about supermassive black holes exemplifies Scharf's (director, Columbia Astrobiology Ctr.; Extrasolar Planets and Astrobiology) playful tone, similar to that in his "Life, Unbounded" blog for Scientific American. Several of the chapter titles also illustrate his light, accessible approach to astrophysics (e.g., "The Feeding Habits of Nonillion-Pound Gorillas," as do his hand-drawn fig...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
