InABriefHistoryofBlackHoles,award-winningUniversityofOxfordresearcherDrBeckySmethurstchartsfivehundredyearsofscientificbreakthroughsinastronomyandastrophysics.Rightnow,youareorbitingablackhole.TheEarthorbitstheSun,andtheSunorbitsthecentreoftheMilkyWay:asupermassiveblackhole,thestrangestandmostmisunderstoodphenomenoninthegalaxy.Inthiscosmictaleofdiscovery,DrBeckySmethursttakesusfromtheearliestobservationsoftheuniverseandthecollapseofmassivestars,totheiconicfirstphotographsofablackholeandherownpublishedfindings.Acosmictaleofdiscovery,Beckyexplainswhyblackholesaren’treally’black’,thatyounevereverwanttobe’spaghettified’,howblackholesaremorelikesofacushionsthanhooversandwhy,beyondtheeventhorizon,thefutureisadirectioninspaceratherthanintime.Toldwithhumourandwisdom,thiscaptivatingbookdescribesthesecretsbehindthemostprofoundquestionsaboutouruniverse,allhiddeninsideblackholes.’Ajauntthroughspacehistory...withcharmingwitandmanypop-culturereferences’-BBCSkyAtNightMagazine
