Ferguson, Kitty.

Prisons of light : black holes / Kitty Ferguson. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996. - 214 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + hbk.

Includes bibliographical references (ages 203-205) and index.

A cosmic case of burnout -- Matters of gravity: Newton and Einstein -- The capture of light -- Tripping the theoretical fantastic -- Crossing the bar -- Contemplating an enormous nothing -- Evidence in the case -- Hearts of darkness -- The search goes on -- Passages into the labyrinth -- Black hole legends and far out ideas.

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