I ordinarily save up my reading recommendations for a year-end summary, but (a) these aren't ordinary times and (2) the book I finished last night was most noteworthy.
The book?
Einstein's Monsters: The Life and Times of Black Holes (2018), by Brit astronomer and science popularizer Chris
Impey. It integrates a wealth of fascinating material
about general relativity, black holes large and small, cosmology,
assorted multiverse theories, gravitational-wave observatories, and astronomy in general. And if your appetite ends up whetted, the book provides copious pointers to further reading.
So ... you're in the market for distraction as you shelter in place from COVID-19 -- especially if physics, astronomy, or the Really Big Picture is your cup of tea -- you might want to check out (here's an Amazon link)
Einstein's Monsters: The Life and Times of Black Holes.
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