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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Arthur I Miller (University College London)Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) Imprint: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) Dimensions: Width: 16.10cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 24.20cm Weight: 0.685kg ISBN: 9780618341511ISBN 10: 061834151 Pages: 364 Publication Date: 25 April 2005 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsEmpire of the Stars dramatically succeeds in conveying the clash of scientific ideas and the personal conflicts underlying Chandrasekhar's remarkable anticipation of the existence of black holes in our universe. This is a story that needed to be told. --Roger Penrose, author of The Road to Reality and The Emperor's New Mind <br> Arthur I. Miller, for so long the doyen of historians of modern science, has surpassed himself with this brilliant, elegantly written book. It is a profound story of friendship, disappointment and hope filled with truly remarkable characters; the narrative is also enormously broad in its scope, crossing continents and exploring questions at the heart of our understanding of the universe: What are black holes? Where do they come from? What do they mean? --David Bodanis, author of Electric Universe and E=mc2 <br> Impressively well researched account of a fascinating and complex relationship between two of the giants of 20th-century science. --Marcus Chown, N Empire of the Stars dramatically succeeds in conveying the clash of scientific ideas and the personal conflicts underlying Chandrasekhar's remarkable anticipation of the existence of black holes in our universe. This is a story that needed to be told. --Roger Penrose, author of The Road to Reality and The Emperor's New Mind <br> Arthur I. Miller, for so long the doyen of historians of modern science, has surpassed himself with this brilliant, elegantly written book. It is a profound story of friendship, disappointment and hope filled with truly remarkable characters; the narrative is also enormously broad in its scope, crossing continents and exploring questions at the heart of our understanding of the universe: What are black holes? Where do they come from? What do they mean? --David Bodanis, author of Electric Universe and E=mc2 <br> Impressively well researched account of a fascinating and complex relationship between two of the giants of 20th-century science. --Marcus Ch Empire of the Stars dramatically succeeds in conveying the clash of scientific ideas and the personal conflicts underlying Chandrasekhar's remarkable anticipation of the existence of black holes in our universe. This is a story that needed to be told. --Roger Penrose, author of The Road to Reality and The Emperor's New Mind <br> Arthur I. Miller, for so long the doyen of historians of modern science, has surpassed himself with this brilliant, elegantly written book. It is a profound story of friendship, disappointment and hope filled with truly remarkable characters; the narrative is also enormously broad in its scope, crossing continents and exploring questions at the heart of our understanding of the universe: What are black holes? Where do they come from? What do they mean? --David Bodanis, author of Electric Universe and E=mc2 <br> Impressively well researched account of a fascinating and complex relationship between two of the giants o Empire of the Stars dramatically succeeds in conveying the clash of scientific ideas and the personal conflicts underlying Chandrasekhar's remarkable anticipation of the existence of black holes in our universe. This is a story that needed to be told. --Roger Penrose, author of The Road to Reality and The Emperor's New Mind Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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