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100 1 a| Scharf, Caleb,d| 1968-=| ^A1117522;

245 10 a| Gravity's engines :b| how bubble-blowing black holes rule galaxies, stars, and life in the cosmos /c| Caleb Scharf.;

260 a| New York :b| Scientific American/ Farrar, Straus and Giroux,c| 2012.;

300 a| ix, 252 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

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338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

520 a| "Offering a sweeping tour of fantastic physics and cosmic history, Gravity's Engines provides a view of the most fearsome places in the universe, and finally asks what it will take to see the event horizon of a black hole"--c| Provided by publisher.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-239) and index.;

505 0 a| Dark star -- A map of forever -- One hundred billion ways to the bottom -- The feeding habits of nonillion-pound gorillas -- bubbles -- A distant siren -- Origins : part I -- Origins : part II -- There is grandeur.;

650 0 a| Black holes (Astronomy)=| ^A55603;

650 0 a| Gravity.=| ^A36491;

650 0 a| Cosmology.=| ^A15953;

650 7 a| SCIENCE / Cosmology.2| bisacsh;

650 7 a| SCIENCE / Astrophysics & Space Science.2| bisacsh;

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Gravity's engines : how bubble-blowing black holes rule galaxies, stars, and life in the cosmos / Caleb Scharf.

Author/creator	Scharf, Caleb, 1968-
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Scientific American/ Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.
Description	ix, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Cover image
Subjects	Black holes (Astronomy) Gravity. Cosmology.

Contents	Dark star -- A map of forever -- One hundred billion ways to the bottom -- The feeding habits of nonillion-pound gorillas -- bubbles -- A distant siren -- Origins : part I -- Origins : part II -- There is grandeur.
Abstract	"Offering a sweeping tour of fantastic physics and cosmic history, Gravity's Engines provides a view of the most fearsome places in the universe, and finally asks what it will take to see the event horizon of a black hole"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-239) and index.
LCCN	2011047089
ISBN	9780374114121 (hardback)
ISBN	0374114129 (hardback)

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