BRIEF HISTORY OF BLACK HOLES (PB)

Right now, we are orbiting a black hole - the strangest and most misunderstood phenomenon in the galaxy. Discover why black holes aren’t really ‘black’, why you never ever want to be ‘spaghettified’, how black holes are more like sofa cushions than hoovers and why, beyond the event horizon, the future is a direction in space rather than in time. This is a tale of half a millennium of observation, bafflement and breakthrough, which answers some of the most profound questions about the universe - all hidden inside black holes.