Black Holes

Black Holes — page 3 — Published by Creative Education P O Box 227 Mankato Minnesota 56002 Creative Education is an imprint of The Creative Company www thecreativecompany us Design and production by Blue Design Art direction by Rita Marshall Printed in the United States of America Photographs by Corbis Bettmann Dusko Despotovic NASA JPL-Caltech Reuters MARTIAL TREZZINI Underwood Underwood Getty Images Paul E Alers NASA MARK GARLICK MARK GARLICK SPL Hulton Archive MAGRATH PHOTOGRAPHY NIELSEN Paul Popper Popperfoto Popperfoto Antonio M Rosario Stocktrek Stocktrek Images Visuals Unlimited Inc Victor Habbick iStockphoto arne thaysen NASA J J Hester Arizona State University NASA CXC ASU J Hester et al NASA ESA SSC CXC STScl H Richer University of British Columbia Cover and folio illustration 2011 Alex Ryan Copyright 2013 Creative Education International copyright reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Whiting Jim Black holes by Jim Whiting p cm Mysteries of the universe Includes bibliographical references and index Summary An examination of the science behind the astronomical phenomena known as black holes including relevant theories and history making discoveries as well as topics of current and future research ISBN 978-1-60818-186-5 hard cover ISBN 978-1-56660-136-8 eBook 1 Black holes Astronomy Juvenile literature I Title QB843 B55W45 2012 523 8’875 dc23 2011040137 First Edition 987654321

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Black Holes — page 5 — American physicist Albert Michelson

Black Holes — page 6 — TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 9 CHAPTERS APPETITE FOR GRAVITY 10 MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME 17 SHEDDING LIGHT ON BLACK HOLES 29 BLACK HOLES IN THE FUTURE 37 BLACK HOLE ASIDES X-RAY VISION IN SPACE 21 SETTING A LIMIT 27 MAKING CONTACT THROUGH WORMHOLES 41 BREAKING NEW MOVIE GROUND 44 ENDNOTES 46 WEB SITES 47 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 47 INDEX 48

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