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Black Holes: A Traveler's Guide Book

Clifford Pickover, an extraordinarily prolific and polymathic research scientist at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, has consistently been one of the most creative writers about computer graphics, scientific visualization, and mathematical models of natural and physical systems. This latest offering is classic Pickover in its wealth of information, ideas, bold speculations and and propositions -- including proposed "hands-on" experiments with black holes -- which just may turn out to be plausible. Recommended.Read More

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  • Product Description

    BLACK HOLES A TRAVELER'S GUIDE

    Clifford Pickover's inventive and entertaining excursion beyond the curves of space and time.

    "I've enjoyed Clifford Pickover's earlier books . . . now he has ventured into the exploration of black holes. All would-be tourists are strongly advised to read his traveler's guide." —Arthur C. Clarke.

    "Many books have been written about black holes, but none surpass this one in arousing emotions of awe and wonder towards the mysterious structure of the universe." —Martin Gardner.

    "Bucky Fuller thought big. Arthur C. Clarke thinks big, but Cliff Pickover outdoes them both." —Wired.

    "The book is fun, zany, in-your-face, and refreshingly addictive." —Times Higher Education Supplement.

  • 0471197041
  • 9780471197041
  • Clifford A. Pickover
  • 30 March 1998
  • John Wiley & Sons
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 232
  • New edition
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