] this is the bright new picture of black holes and their ] role in the evolution of the universe. Interviews with ] more than a half dozen experts presently involved in ] rewriting the slippery history of these elusive objects ] reveals black holes as galactic sculptors. ] ] In this revised view, which still contains some highly ] debated facts, fuzzy paragraphs and sketchy initial ] chapters, black holes are shown to be fundamental forces ] in the development and ultimate shapes of galaxies and ] the distribution of stars in them. The new history also ] shows that a black hole is almost surely a product of the ] galaxy in which it resides. Neither, it seems, does much ] without the other. ] ] The emerging theory has a nifty, Darwinist buzzword: ] co-evolution. |