A Black Hole Is Not a Hole (Paperback)
In lively and text, the book starts off with a thorough explanation of gravity and the role it plays in the formation of black holes. Paintings by Michael Carroll, coupled with real telescopic images, help readers visualize the facts and ideas presented in the text, such as how light bends, and what a supernova looks like.
Back matter includes a timeline which sums up important findings discussed throughout, while the glossary and index provide a quick point of reference for readers. Children and adults alike will learn a ton of spacey facts in this far-out book that’s sure to excite even the youngest of astrophiles.
Internationally known artist Michael W. Carroll has been painting astronomical subjects for over 20 years. His art has appeared in several hundred magazines throughout the world, including Time, Smithsonian, National Geographic, and Astronomy. His paintings have aired on NOVA, COSMOS, and various TV specials, and have embellished albums and numerous books. Michael lives at the foot of the Rockies in Littleton, Colorado.
—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Writing with rare verve ("A black hole is nothing to look at. Literally."), DeCristofano condenses recent astronomical discoveries into a high energy account of what we know or guess about one of the universe's deepest and most unobservable secrets. Covering the life cycle of stars; the formation of black holes and weird optical and physical effects associated with them; more recent revelations of super-sized black holes at the centers of galaxies; and the general effects of mass on space, light, and matter, she presents a clear, well-rounded picture of the strange structure and stranger physics of black holes. After leading a wild ride over a black hole's event horizon ("Right away, you would need a new nickname--something like Stretch . . . .") and explaining theories about gravity from Newton's notions to "Einstein's Spacey Ideas," DeCristofano leaves readers to ponder the truth of her claim that a black hole isn't a hole--but "NOT exactly NOT a hole either." Enhanced by a time line and a generous set of further resources--and illustrated with plenty of cogent diagrams, space photographs, and Carroll's dramatic images of stellar whirlpools and mammoth jets of gas around cores of impenetrable blackness--this book will snatch readers from their orbits and fling them into a lasting fascination with nature's most attractive phenomena. Literally.
—Booklist, starred review
A Black Hole Is Not a Hole (Paperback) Kitabu hiki kinaanza kwa kuelezea kwa kina nguvu ya uvutano na jukumu linalotumika katika kuundwa kwa mashimo meusi. Michoro ya Michael Carroll, pamoja na picha halisi za darubini, husaidia wasomaji kuona ukweli na mawazo yaliyoonyeshwa katika maandishi, kama vile jinsi mwanga unavyopindika, na jinsi supernova inavyoonekana. Back Matter inajumuisha mstari wa wakati ambao una muhtasari wa matokeo muhimu yaliyojadiliwa wakati wote, wakati glossary na faharisi hutoa hatua ya haraka ya kumbukumbu kwa wasomaji. Watoto na watu wazima vilevile watajifunza tani ya ukweli wa anga katika kitabu hiki cha mbali ambacho hakika kitawasisimua hata astrophiles wadogo zaidi. Mchoraji maarufu wa kimataifa Michael W. Carroll amekuwa akipaka picha mada za nyota kwa zaidi ya miaka 20. Sanaa yake imeonekana katika mamia kadhaa ya magazeti duniani kote, ikiwa ni pamoja na Wakati, Smithsonian, National Geographic, na Astronomy. Picha zake zimetangazwa kwenye NOVA, COSMOS, na vipindi mbalimbali vya TV, na zimepamba albamu na vitabu vingi. Michael anaishi chini ya Milima ya Rocky huko Littleton, Colorado. <unk>Kirkus Reviews, nyota mapitio Kuandika na verve nadra ("A black hole is nothing to look at. Kwa kweli. "DeCristofano anafupisha uvumbuzi wa hivi karibuni wa nyota katika akaunti ya nishati ya juu ya kile tunachojua au kukisia juu ya moja ya siri za kina na zisizoweza kuonekana zaidi za ulimwengu.""" Katika kufunua mzunguko wa maisha ya nyota, kuundwa kwa mashimo meusi na athari za ajabu za kioo na za kimwili zinazohusiana nayo, ufunuo wa hivi karibuni wa mashimo meusi makubwa katika vituo vya galaksi, na athari za jumla za wingi kwenye nafasi, mwanga na dutu, yeye hutoa picha wazi, ya jumla ya muundo wa ajabu na fizikia ya ajabu ya mashimo meusi. Baada ya kuongoza safari ya mwitu juu ya upeo wa tukio la shimo nyeusi ("Sasa, unahitaji jina jipya la utani - kitu kama Stretch. . . .") "Kutokana na nadharia za Newton na Einstein, DeCristofano anawaachia wasomaji kufikiria ukweli wa madai yake kwamba shimo jeusi sio shimo, lakini sio shimo.""" Kwa kuongezwa na mstari wa wakati na seti ya rasilimali zaidi - na kuonyeshwa na michoro mingi ya kuvutia, picha za anga, na picha za Carroll za kutazamisha za minyororo ya nyota na jets kubwa za gesi karibu na nyuklia za giza lisiloweza kupenya - kitabu hiki kitawaondoa wasomaji kutoka kwa mizunguko yao na kuwaingiza katika ushawishi wa kudumu na matukio ya asili ya kuvutia. Kwa kweli. Orodha ya vitabu, ukaguzi wa nyota