Death by Black Hole

This collection of essays, drawn from a monthly magazine column, explains topics in astrophysics and cosmology for the general reader. Tyson writes about gravity, stars, planets, black holes, the expanding universe, the electromagnetic spectrum, and the methods by which astronomers measure distance and time. Other pieces turn to the culture of science: how evidence is weighed, how names and numbers enter public talk, and where popular belief parts from calculation. The mode is informal exposition, with thought experiments and everyday analogies. There is no continuous narrative. The book is a set of linked science essays, not a textbook of derivations or a memoir of observatory life.

Bound in black textured paper blocked on cover with a colour design by La Boca. Black slipcase blocked in holographic foil. Page edges stained violet.