Boston, New York:: Houghton Mifflin, Date: 2005., 2005. 8vo. xx, 364 pp. Plates, figs., index. Cloth, dust-jacket; jacket a bit torn. Very good. ISBN: 061834151X 2005. Houghton Mifflin, 2005. ISBN 061834151X 9780618341511 [CH]

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Date: 2005. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2005. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company ISBN 061834151X 9780618341511 [US]

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ISBN10: 061834151X, ISBN13: 9780618341511, [publisher: Mariner Books April 2005] Hardcover
[St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2005]

Mariner Books, April Date: 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Large crease on front DJ flap. ; 9.1 X 6.4 X 1.3 inches; 384 pages 2005. Mariner Books ISBN 061834151X 9780618341511 [US]

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, Date: 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 364 pages; Physical desc. : xx, 364 p., 8 p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. Bibliography: p. [313]-334. Includes index. Subject: Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan (1910-) --Eddington, Arthur Stanley, Sir (1882-1944) --Astrophysicists --India --Biography. Summary: In August 1930, on a voyage from Madras to London, a young Indian looked up at the stars and contemplated their fate. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar--Chandra, as he was called--calculated that certain stars would suffer a strange and violent death, collapsing to virtually nothing. This extraordinary claim, the first mathematical description of black holes, brought Chandra into direct conflict with Sir Arthur Eddington, one of the greatest astrophysicists of the day. Eddington ridiculed the young man's idea at a meeting of the Royal Astronomy Society in 1935, sending Chandra into an intellectual and emotional tailspin--and hindering the progress of astrophysics for nearly forty years. Empire of the Stars is the dramatic story of this intellectual debate and its implications for twentieth-century science. Arthur I. Miller traces the idea of black holes from early notions of ""dark stars"" to the modern concepts of wormholes, quantum foam, and baby universes. In the process, he follows ...

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Date: 2005-04-25. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Dust Jacket. Very good hardcover with DJ, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). 1st printing with full number line. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square. Text clean. Exterior looks very nice. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2005. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN 061834151X 9780618341511 [US]

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Date: 2005-04-25. Hardcover. Like New. 1ST PRINTING with full number line of 1st ed., no marks or dog ears noted in text, hc with djAND AS ALWAYS SHIPPED IN 24 HOURS; and emailed to you a USPS tracking number on all orders; all books are sanitized and cleaned for your protection before mailing 2005. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN 061834151X 9780618341511 [US]

Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin, Date: 2005. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information. 2005. Houghton Mifflin ISBN 061834151X US

Mariner Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Date: 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover first edition is near fine in near fine jacket. Signed by Miller to title page. ; 6 X 1.216 X 9 inches; 384 pages; Signed by Author . 2005. Mariner Books ISBN 061834151X 9780618341511 [US]