Hair today.

This article discusses the physics behind the astronomical phenomena known as "black holes." In the paper that catapulted him to fame in 1974, Stephen Hawking predicted that some black holes should emit radiation. And now, it seems that another famous coinage by Dr Wheeler (John Wheeler)--that "blac...

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Publicado en:Economist Vol. 370; no. 8365; pp. 70 - 72
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Economist Newspaper Limited 3/6/2004
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