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Started reading “A Brief History of Black Holes” by Dr. Becky Smethurst. These chapter titles are great 😂

#astrodon#Astrophysics

A photo of the table of contents. It says: PROLOGUE Standing on the shoulders of giants 1 I Why the stars shine 13 2 Live fast, die young 33 3 Mountains high enough to keep me from getting to you 57 4 Why black holes are 'black' 75 5 A teaspoon of neutrons helps the star collapse down! 89 6 Funny, it's spelled just like 'escape' 109 7 Why black holes are not 'black' 121 8 When 2 become 1 139 9 Your friendly neighbourhood black hole I6т 10 Supermassive-size Me 181 I Black holes don't suck 197 I2 The old galaxy can't come to the phone right now. Why? Because she's dead 209 13 You can't stop tomorrow coming 225 14 Well, Judy, you did it. She's finally full 239 15 Everything that dies, someday comes back 249 EPILOGUE Here at the end of all things 259
A photo of the table of contents. It says: PROLOGUE Standing on the shoulders of giants 1 I Why the stars shine 13 2 Live fast, die young 33 3 Mountains high enough to keep me from getting to you 57 4 Why black holes are 'black' 75 5 A teaspoon of neutrons helps the star collapse down! 89 6 Funny, it's spelled just like 'escape' 109 7 Why black holes are not 'black' 121 8 When 2 become 1 139 9 Your friendly neighbourhood black hole I6т 10 Supermassive-size Me 181 I Black holes don't suck 197 I2 The old galaxy can't come to the phone right now. Why? Because she's dead 209 13 You can't stop tomorrow coming 225 14 Well, Judy, you did it. She's finally full 239 15 Everything that dies, someday comes back 249 EPILOGUE Here at the end of all things 259
A photo of the table of contents. It says: PROLOGUE Standing on the shoulders of giants 1 I Why the stars shine 13 2 Live fast, die young 33 3 Mountains high enough to keep me from getting to you 57 4 Why black holes are 'black' 75 5 A teaspoon of neutrons helps the star collapse down! 89 6 Funny, it's spelled just like 'escape' 109 7 Why black holes are not 'black' 121 8 When 2 become 1 139 9 Your friendly neighbourhood black hole I6т 10 Supermassive-size Me 181 I Black holes don't suck 197 I2 The old galaxy can't come to the phone right now. Why? Because she's dead 209 13 You can't stop tomorrow coming 225 14 Well, Judy, you did it. She's finally full 239 15 Everything that dies, someday comes back 249 EPILOGUE Here at the end of all things 259