The Collapsing Universe: The Story of Black Holes
by Asimov, Isaac
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0802704867
- ISBN 13
- 9780802704863
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Walker and Company, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Walker and Company, 1977, 6th Printing. Hardcover Book as New with a Good+ Dust Jacket. Black cloth gilt titles on spine, clean and unmarked, solid volume. Clean dust jacket has slight edgewear, scuffing to spine head. A black hole is a dense concentration of matter so dense that its enormous gravitational forces suck in everything including light waves within its reach. Isaac Asimov explores the implications of black holes as scientific evidence for them mounted in 1970s. 204 pp. Appendix and Index. 8vo. 1977, Walker and Company.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029095
- Title
- The Collapsing Universe: The Story of Black Holes
- Author
- Asimov, Isaac
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0802704867
- ISBN 13
- 9780802704863
- Publisher
- Walker and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- SCIENCE ASTRONOMY UNIVERSE LIGHT WAVES BIG BANG THEORY PLANETS WHITE DWARFS NEUTRON STARS ATOMS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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