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White Holes Signed First Edition

Inside the Horizon

Carlo Rovelli author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:26th Oct '23

It is possible we may get another copy in future, but unfortunately unlikely

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A mesmerizing trip to the strange new world of white holes, from Carlo Rovelli, the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics


Let us journey into the heart of a black hole. Let us slip beyond its boundary, the horizon, and tumble - on and on - down this crack in the universe. As we plunge, we'll see geometry fold, we'll feel the equations draw tight around us. Eventually, we'll pass it: the remains of a star, deep and dense and falling further far. And then - the bottom. Where time and space end, and the white hole is born . . .
With lightness and magic, here Rovelli traces the ongoing adventure of his own cutting-edge research, of the uncertainty and joy of going where we've not yet been. Guiding us to the edge of theory and experiment, he invites us to go beyond, to experience the fever and the disquiet of science. Here is the extraordinary life of a white hole.

What a lovely idea, to cast research into white holes - which may or may not be floating like dragonflies through the universe - as a Dantean journey to the heart of cutting-edge theory. Beautifully done -- Ruth Padel, author of Darwin, A Life in Poems

ISBN: 9780241628973-SF

Dimensions: 187mm x 114mm x 25mm

Weight: 500g

160 pages