Light in the Darkness, Heino Falcke
Light in the Darkness, Heino Falcke
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Light in the Darkness
Black Holes, the Universe, and Us

Author: Heino Falcke

Narrator: Adam Verner

Unabridged: 10 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 05/04/2021

Synopsis

The International BestsellerOn April 10, 2019, award-winning astrophysicist Heino Falcke presented the first image ever captured of a black hole at an international press conference—a turning point in astronomy that Science magazine called the scientific breakthrough of the year. That photo was captured with the unthinkable commitment of an intercontinental team of astronomers who transformed the world into a global telescope. While this image achieved Falcke’s goal in making a black hole “visible” for the first time, he recognizes that the photo itself asks more questions for humanity than it answers. Light in the Darkness takes us on Falcke’s extraordinary journey to the darkest corners of the universe. From the first humans looking up at the night sky to modern astrophysics, from the study of black holes to the still-unsolved mysteries of the universe, Falcke asks, in even the greatest triumphs of science, is there room for doubts, faith, and a God? A plea for curiosity and humility, Light in the Darkness sees one of the great minds shaping the world today as he ponders the big, pressing questions that present themselves when we look up at the stars.

About Heino Falcke

Heino Falcke is a German professor of radio astronomy and astroparticle physics at the Radboud University Nijmegen. He was a winner of the 2011 Spinoza Prize. His main field of study is black holes. He lives in Berlin.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Boudewijn on April 05, 2021

Dit boek bestaat uit grofweg drie delen. Het eerste deel vertelt over de wetenschap die schuil gaat achter de zwarte gaten, vanaf de eerste conceptie tot de uiteindelijke ontdekking in de kosmos. Het meest interessante deel was het tweede deel, waarin Falcke de totstandkoming van de foto beschrijft v......more

Goodreads review by Jeff on January 04, 2021

Phenomenal Achievement, Well Written Story Of How It Happened. That may leave a bad aftertaste with its final section. 200 years ago, humanity didn't even know black holes existed - nor did actual photography quite exist yet. Now, not only do many of us carry around highly detailed cameras in our po......more

Goodreads review by Roberto on September 05, 2021

El libro tiene algunas secciones interesantes y otras un tanto aburridas. El vocabulario que utiliza el autor es muy sencillo, lo que facilita el entendimiento. No puedo decir que estoy específicamente de acuerdo con sus opiniones sobre la relación entre la ciencia y la religión, pero sí en que siem......more

Goodreads review by Trauermaerchen on April 07, 2024

The science aspects and even the career parts were quite interesting but I found quite a few things incredibly annoying. a) A lot of the autobiographical aspects were irrelevant. I don't need to know how addicted you are to your phone or what the names of your children are. Some things added an air o......more

Goodreads review by Andrea on March 26, 2021

This is an interesting and well-written account of the theoretical and experimental physics that led to the first photo of what is probably a black hole. Unfortunately, at the end, it devolves into the author's personal concept of God. There's value in discussing how science and religion are compati......more

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