Cover Black Holes
series "Farsi un'idea"
pp. 156, Brossura, 978-88-15-24484-0
publication year 2013

ALESSANDRO MARCONI

Black Holes

In our imagination, black holes evoke mystery and destruction. Science fiction has often depicted them as portals to inaccessible parallel universes. What do we really know about black holes and their characteristics? How does one infer their presence in space? How do they influence the lives of galaxies? This book provides an account of black holes from the first inklings about their existence in the late 18th century, through classical mechanics and relativity theory, up to the latest discoveries. The author tells the reader everything he knows about one of the most fascinating topics in contemporary physics.

Alessandro Marconi teaches Introductory Astrophysics, Cosmology and Galactic Physics at the University of Florence.

I. I buchi neri nella storia
II. Buchi neri classici
III. Relatività generale e buchi neri
IV. I nuclei galattici attivi
V. Il buco nero al centro della Via Lattea
VI. I buchi neri al centro delle galassie vicine
VII. Come si formano le galassie
VIII. Le relazioni pericolose tra galassie e buchi neri
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