Facing Infinity: Black Holes and Our Place on Earth

A fresh, fascinating, up-to-the-moment appraisal of black holes-the massive astronomical objects with a gravitational pull so strong that nothing can escape them, not even light-situating them at the center of our understanding of our place on Earth and in the universe

Humanity's relationship with black holes began in 1783 in a small English village, when clergyman John Michell posed a startling question: What if there are objects in space that are so large and heavy that not even light can ...