Light in the Darkness - Falcke, Heino; Römer, Jörg
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For readers of Stephen Hawking, a fascinating account of the universe from the perspective of world-leading astrophysicist Heino Falcke, who took the first ever picture of a black hole. At an international press conference on April 10th 2019, award-winning astrophysicist Heino Falcke presented the first image ever captured of a black hole - a turning point in astronomy that Science magazine called the scientific breakthrough of the year. That photo was captured with the commitment of a team of astronomers who transformed the entire world into a global telescope. While this image achieved…mehr

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For readers of Stephen Hawking, a fascinating account of the universe from the perspective of world-leading astrophysicist Heino Falcke, who took the first ever picture of a black hole. At an international press conference on April 10th 2019, award-winning astrophysicist Heino Falcke presented the first image ever captured of a black hole - a turning point in astronomy that Science magazine called the scientific breakthrough of the year. That photo was captured with the commitment of a team of astronomers who transformed the entire world into a global telescope. While this image achieved Falcke's goal in making a black hole, the greatest mystery in the universe, "visible" for the first time, he recognizes that the photo itself asks more questions for humanity than it answers. From the first humans looking up at the night sky to modern astrophysics, from the study of black holes to the still unsolved mysteries of the universe, in Light in the Darkness Falcke ponders the big, pressing questions that present themselves when we look up at the stars. Praise for LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS: 'You don't need to be a scientist to enjoy this clearly written book - the author offers a broader perspective on the motives that drive us to seek understanding of the cosmos and our place in it ' SIR MARTIN REES, Astronomer Royal 'Falcke isn't only a fantastic scientist, [he's] also a gifted storyteller' NEW SCIENTIST (Dutch edition) [Wildfire logo] ISBN 9781472274533 Non-Fiction [Cover credit] [FB logo] heinofalcke [Instagram logo] hfalcke [Twitter logo] @hfalcke heinofalcke.org www.headline.co.uk @wildfirebks £10.99
Autorenporträt
Professor Heino Falcke is one of the world's leading astrophysicists and professor at the Radbound University in Nijmegen (Holland). He also led the scientific advisory board of the Event Horizon Telescope Project which managed to take the first ever pictures of a blackhole on 10th April 2019; and for which is was awarded the 2020 Breakthrough Prize for Fundamental Physics. He received the Spinoza Prize, the highest scientific award in the Netherlands, and the Academy Award of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
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"Heino Falcke has produced a personal memoir of his key role in a scientific discovery that required boldness, persistence, technical expertise and complicated logistics involving hundreds of experts spread around the world. You don't need to be a scientist to enjoy this clearly written book--and it's a welcome bonus that the author offers a broader prospective on the motives that drive us to seek understanding of the cosmos and our place in it." - SIR MARTIN REES, Astronomer Royal

"A very personal account of the incredible journey Falcke and colleagues took to achieve the seemingly impossible task of taking an image of a black hole." - BRIAN P. SCHMIDT, Nobel Prize-Winning Astronomer and Vice- Chancellor of the Australian National University