TY - BOOK AU - Bartusiak,Marcia TI - Black hole: how an idea abandoned by Newtonians, hated by Einstein, and gambled on by Hawking became loved SN - 030021085X PY - 2015///] CY - New Haven [Connecticut[ PB - Yale University Press KW - Black holes (Astronomy) KW - Discoveries in science KW - Science KW - Social aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; It is therefore possible that the largest luminous bodies in the universe may be invisible -- Newton, forgive me -- One would then find oneself . . . in a geometrical fairyland -- There should be a law of nature to prevent a star from behaving in this absurd way! -- I'll show those bastards -- Only its gravitational field persists -- I could not have picked a more exciting time in which to become a physicist -- It was the weirdest spectrum I'd ever seen -- Why don't you call it a black hole? -- Medieval torture rack -- Whereas Stephen Hawking has such a large investment in general relativity and black holes and desires an insurance policy -- Black holes ain't so black ER -