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 CH

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 Company, Date: 2005. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked. 364pp. In a very nice unclipped jacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. 2005. Houghton Mifflin Company 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

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), Date: 2005-04-25. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good. 2005. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) ISBN 061834151X 9780618341511 [US]

Mariner Books, Date: 2005-04-25. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text and images unmarked. Dust jacket in a mylar cover. 364pp. 2005. Mariner Books ISBN 061834151X 9780618341511 [US]

Mariner Books, April Date: 2005. Hardcover. Good. 2005. Mariner Books ISBN 061834151X 9780618341511 [US]

ISBN10: 061834151X, ISBN13: 9780618341511, [publisher: Mariner Books] Hardcover First Edition 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
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ISBN10: 061834151X, ISBN13: 9780618341511, [publisher: Mariner Books, NY] Hardcover First Edition Large crease on front DJ flap. ; 9.1 X 6.4 X 1.3 inches; 384 pages
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ISBN10: 061834151X, ISBN13: 9780618341511, [publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin] Hardcover First Edition 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 ...
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HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. HarperCollins Publishers ISBN 061834151x 9780618341511 [US]

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Date: 2005. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2005. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 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 ...