Light in the Darkness
Autor Heino Falcke, Jorg Romeren Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 mai 2021
Featuring a special foreword to this edition from DAME JOCELYN BELL BURNELL, world-renowned astrophysicist who first discovered pulsars, one of the most significant scientific achievements of the 20th century.
'A very personal account of the incredible journey Falcke and colleagues took to achieve the seemingly impossible task of taking an image of a black hole.'
BRIAN P. SCHMIDT, Nobel Prize-Winning Astronomer and Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University
'You don't need to be a scientist to enjoy this clearly written book-the author offers a broader prospective on the motives that drive us to seek understanding of the cosmos and our place in it.'
SIR MARTIN REES, Astronomer Royal
'Heino Falcke does groundbreaking research into the universe's most mysterious phenomenon and at the very edge of space and time.'
From the statement of the jury for the Spinoza Prize
'Falcke isn't only a fantastic scientist, [he's] also a gifted storyteller.'
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781472274502
ISBN-10: 1472274504
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 152 x 233 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Headline
ISBN-10: 1472274504
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 152 x 233 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Headline
Notă biografică
PROF. DR. HEINO FALCKE was born in 1966 in Cologne, Germany, is a highly decorated astrophysicist at Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. In 2011 he received the Spinoza Prize, the Netherlands ' highest scientific award, and in 2021 he won the Henry Draper Medal. Both awards were for his idea of capturing an image of the black hole. This breakthrough was achieved by the international Event Horizon Telescope project, in which he held a leading role.
JÖRG RÖMER was born in 1974, studied Mesoamerican studies, prehistory and ancient history, and Latin American studies in Hamburg, Germany, and is a science editor at Der Spiegel magazine.
JÖRG RÖMER was born in 1974, studied Mesoamerican studies, prehistory and ancient history, and Latin American studies in Hamburg, Germany, and is a science editor at Der Spiegel magazine.