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From the acclaimed author of Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space--an authoritative and accessible guide to the most alluring and challenging phenomena of contemporary science.

"[Levin will] take you on a safe black hole trip, an exciting travel story enjoyed from your chair's event horizon." --Boston Globe

Through her writing, astrophysicist Janna Levin has focused on making the science she studies not just comprehensible but also, and perhaps more important, intriguing to the nonscientist. In this book, she helps us to understand and find delight in the black hole--perhaps the most opaque theoretical construct ever imagined by physicists--illustrated with original artwork by American painter and photographer Lia Halloran. Levin takes us on an evocative exploration of black holes, provoking us to imagine the visceral experience of a black hole encounter. She reveals the influence of black holes as they populate the universe, sculpt galaxies, and even infuse the whole expanse of reality that we inhabit. Lively, engaging, and utterly unique, Black Hole Survival Guide is not just informative--it is, as well, a wonderful read from first to last.

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  • Title Black Hole Survival Guide
  • Author Janna Levin
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 160
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Knopf Publishing Group
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780525658221 / 052565822X
  • Weight 0.48 lbs (0.22 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.3 x 4.3 x 0.8 in (16.00 x 10.92 x 2.03 cm)
  • Category Science
  • Library of Congress subjects Black holes (Astronomy)
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2020015159
  • Dewey Decimal Code 523.887

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  • Booklist, 10/01/2020, Page 8
  • Kirkus Reviews, 09/15/2020, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 11/01/2020, Page 59
  • Publishers Weekly, 09/07/2020, Page 0
  • Shelf Awareness, 11/13/2020, Page 0

About the author

JANNA LEVIN is a professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College. She is also director of sciences at Pioneer Works, a center for arts and sciences in Brooklyn. Her previous books include Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space, How the Universe Got Its Spots, and a novel, A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines, which won the PEN/Bingham Prize. She was recently named a Guggenheim Fellow. She lives in New York.
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