The biggest bangs: The mystery of gamma-
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Jonathan I. Katz
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Library
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2002
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Oxford University Press, USA
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English
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Gamma-ray bursts are the most violent events since the birth of the universe. They are about ten times more energetic than the most powerful supernovae. At their peak, gamma-ray bursts are the brightest objects in space, about 100,000 times brighter than an entire galaxy. And yet until recently the