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The Biggest Bangs: The Mystery of Gamma-ray Bursts, the Most Violent Explosions in the Universe

By Jonathan I. Katz
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By Jonathan I. Katz
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Gamma-ray bursts are the most violent events since the birth of the universe. They are about ten times more energetic than the most powerful supernovae. At their peak, gamma-ray bursts are the brightest objects in space, about 100,000 times brighter than an entire galaxy. And yet until recently these titanic eruptions were the most mysterious events in astronomy. In The Biggest Bangs, astrophysicist Jonathan Katz offers a fascinating account of the scientific quest to unravel the mystery of...

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