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Einsteins Shadow: The Inside Story of Astronomers Decades-Long Quest to Take the First Picture of a Black Hole Audiobook, by Seth Fletcher Play Audiobook Sample

Einstein's Shadow: The Inside Story of Astronomers' Decades-Long Quest to Take the First Picture of a Black Hole Audiobook

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Read By: Sean Pratt, Lloyd James Publisher: HarperAudio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 5.00 hours at 1.5x Speed 3.75 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: October 2018 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9780062865427

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

30

Longest Chapter Length:

34:06 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

11 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

14:55 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

Einstein’s Shadow follows a team of elite scientists on their historic mission to take the first picture of a black hole, putting Einstein’s theory of relativity to its ultimate test and helping to answer our deepest questions about space, time, the origins of the universe, and the nature of reality.

Photographing a black hole sounds impossible, a contradiction in terms. But Shep Doeleman and a global coalition of scientists are on the cusp of doing just that. 

With exclusive access to the team, journalist Seth Fletcher spent five years following Shep and an extraordinary cast of characters as they assembled the Event Horizon Telescope, a virtual radio observatory the size of the Earth. He witnessed their struggles, setbacks, and breakthroughs, and along the way, he explored the latest thinking on the most profound questions about black holes. Do they represent a limit to our ability to understand reality? Or will they reveal the clues that lead to the long-sought Theory of Everything?

Fletcher transforms astrophysics into something exciting, accessible, and immediate, taking us on an incredible adventure to better understand the complexity of our galaxy, the boundaries of human perception and knowledge, and how the messy human endeavor of science really works.

Weaving a compelling narrative account of human ingenuity with excursions into cutting-edge science, Einstein’s Shadow is a tale of great minds on a mission to change the way we understand our universe—and our place in it.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

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“Fletcher so beautifully describes perfectly encapsulate modern science, and it’s a rare treat to have an insider’s look at an ongoing endeavor this monumental…This is scientific storytelling at its best.”

— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Quotes

  • “Engaging…Captivating and informative.”

    — Booklist
  • “Fletcher has crafted an extraordinary narrative, explaining the most mind-bending physics with impressive clarity.”

    — Michael D. Lemonick, author of The Perpetual Now

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About Seth Fletcher

Seth Fletcher is chief features editor at Scientific American and the author of Bottled Lightning: Superbatteries, Electric Cars, and the New Lithium Economy. He lives in New York’s lower Hudson Valley with his wife and daughter.

About the Narrators

Hillary Huber, a Los Angeles–based voice talent with hundreds of commercials and promos under her belt, was bitten by the audiobook bug in 2005. She now records books on a regular basis and has been nominated for several Audie Awards and won numerous Earphones Awards.

Lloyd James (a.k.a. Sean Pratt) has been a working professional actor in theater, film, television, and voice-overs for more than thirty years. He has narrated over one thousand audiobooks and won numerous Earphones Awards and nominations for the Audie Award and the Voice Arts Award. He holds a BFA degree in acting from Santa Fe University, New Mexico.